Currently at launch of the Cowan Report on renting for Labour. Karen Buck MP Chairing. Steve Cowan currently setting out main findings

Job vacancy: Cambridge House Law Centre are recruiting for a Crisis Navigator rightsnet.org.uk/jobs/crisis-na… #rightsjobs #accesstojustice Safer Renting

Comments from HoL on renters reform bill

With the Renters Reform Bill clearly now off the table could be there is an opportunity for Labour (and everyone else) to commit to bringing back a better version of it almost immediately and making it the first new law of the next parliament

Listing to Commons Live in the background. Seems government and Opposition are still negotiating wash up. Commons not following the order on the business paper. Should know soon if any chance of the Leasehold & Freehold Reform Bill making it.

Something to shout about. Well done all

INews on rent 2 rent scamming. An absolute epidemic plaguing the PRS & making up the lions share of Safer Renting’s caseload

Pleased to be lecturing today at Greenwich University on the excellent “Regulating the PRS” course for people wanting to join the fight against rogue landlords & the dreadful properties they run. Always inspiring to do & with such committed students

Ruby has covered stories with Safer Renting and always gets it in all the important details. Sorry to read here that she both journo and evicted renter. Why in the campaign trails is so little attention being paid to plight of renters? Big mistake

You could it make it up

We welcome Labour's pledge to end bidding wars. But as our Campaign Manager Tom Darling comments, bidding wars are only part of the problem. We're calling for a cap on rent rises, linked to inflation or wage growth, to prevent economic evictions. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The average Londoner spends 53.6% of their income on rent. That's every penny you've earned so far this year. It's time for #RentControlNow.

Rents in Bristol are rising faster than anywhere else in this country. The result families & workers living in vans & caravans. My Observer report from the UK's vehicle dwelling capital👇 theguardian.com/society/articl…

Camden oversees successful prosecution of rogue landlord and agency news.camden.gov.uk/prosecution-of…

In the latest piece on redbrick, Roz Spencer (Safer Renting) warns of a possible loophole in the Renters’ Rights Bill redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/11/renter…

In the latest piece on redbrick, Roz Spencer (Safer Renting) warns of a possible loophole in the Renters’ Rights Bill redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/11/renter…