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Low-income renters will struggle after UK housing benefit freeze, experts warn

Low-income renters will struggle to afford housing costs after Rachel Reeves’s decision to freeze the amount of housing benefit they receive in the budget, experts have warned.Liz Kendall, the...
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I escaped homelessness and then Lambeth council raised my rent by £470

I have been homeless for two years, living in temporary accommodation supplied by Lambeth council. Finally last month...
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Gap between average rents in north and south of England shrinks to lowest level

The gap in rents paid by those in the north and south of England has closed to its...
Housing

Renting in England is like trying to buy Oasis tickets – Labour’s solutions only go so far | Tom Darling

Are you a forty- or fiftysomething who recently spent your whole Saturday in a queue for Oasis tickets,...
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Landlords warn they may raise rents in response to Labour’s renters’ rights bill

Landlords are warning they may raise asking rents in high demand areas if long-awaited reforms unveiled in parliament...

‘Golden gap year’: how to make a midlife break work

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Maybe you can put it down as another post-Covid trend, such as working from home, but it’s clear something is going on. People working...

Labour moves to end no-fault evictions within months

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Landlords will soon be banned from removing tenants without cause as the government prepares to launch a long-delayed package of measures for renters including...

John Lewis submits £80m plan to turn Reading depot into rental flats

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The owner of John Lewis has submitted plans for the £80m development of 215 rental flats on the site of its unused Reading distribution...

Labour MP accused of renting out ant-infested flats with black mould

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A newly elected Labour MP has been accused of renting out flats with black mould and ant infestations. Jas Athwal, the MP for Ilford South,...

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