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Renters ‘bearing the brunt of government dithering’
Private renters ‘are bearing the brunt of government dithering over urgently needed private rental reforms’, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed. This is because tenants…
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Calls for housing benefit increase
Expenditure on rent payments has increased by 17 per cent in the year to August, the Nationwide’s latest Spending Report reveals. And it increased by…
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‘Private renting broken’ says Shelter in push for legislation
Admitting to the rental property shortage but returning to its landlord-bashing ways, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed private renters in England are being forced…
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Shelter calls for National Landlord Register
Almost half of private rental tenants have been victims of illegal acts by their landlords or letting agents, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed. A…
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Shelter calls for ‘serious reform’ of ‘broken renting system’
Over a third of private renters are being forced to live in dangerous conditions because they fear that complaints will lead to retaliatory eviction, the…
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Plug into new safety laws
Landlords must ensure that electrical circuits, sockets, light fittings, cookers, and other electrical installations in their rental properties are safe. As of 1 July they…
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Private renters worried about post-pandemic housing
Nearly half of private renters say they are depressed and anxious about their post-pandemic housing situation. The finding came from the homeless charity Shelter. The concerns…
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Scots Government publishes housing vision
‘Tackling high rents in the private sector’, is one of the key priorities of a 20-year housing strategy set out by the Scottish Government in…
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Shelter slams PRS and calls for social housing drive
Homeless charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rented sector, saying 3m private renters live in poor conditions, ‘with electrical hazards, pests or damp-related issues in…
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‘No DSS’ policy again ruled discriminatory
Shelter has notched up another win in its campaign stop landlords and agents putting a catch-all ban on tenants in receipt of social benefits. In…
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Nail in the coffin for ‘No DSS’ – Shelter
Shelter has declared a York County Court ruling ‘historic’ and a ‘nail in the coffin for ‘No DSS’ discrimination. District Judge Victoria Elizabeth Mark held that rejecting…
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The Shelter Viewpoint May Be Changing
I am not slow to criticise Shelter; professionally in a past life, I experienced their inflexible attitude towards landlords, many of whom had behaved with…
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A challenge to Shelter
The English Housing Survey and Professor Michael Ball of Reading University, (shortly to publish a report on regulation in the private sector) are the brave…