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Renting
To me or not to me?
01 September 2023
Housing professionals have been debating the pros and cons of direct payment of housing benefit to claimants. But what do tenants want? Peter Kemp, Katharine Nice and Annie Irvine report
Teething trouble
01 July 2023
Landlord registration was one of the most far-reaching reforms introduced by the Scottish Parliament. But it’s still a long way from delivering on its potential, says Clare Simpson
Tenants’ voice Jul 2007
01 July 2023
Why are we helping landlords who neglect the needs of their elderly tenants to become millionaires, asks Jacky Peacock
North star
01 July 2023
Debbie Crew reports on how her award-winning campaign to stop landlords evicting their tenants is gaining momentum
Tenants’ voice Mar 2007
02 March 2024
Want to tackle climate change? Then use your improvement notices to wedge draughty windows closed, says Jacky Peacock
Put up, or get out
02 March 2024
Debbie Crew reports on the scandal of the landlords who abuse the law by evicting tenants who demand vital repairs
HMO selector
02 January 2024
Selective licensing has many advantages for landlords who let their properties responsibly, says Sarah Mitchell
Tenants’ voice Jan 2007
02 January 2024
Councils should take the wishes of private tenants into account in the same way they respond to social tenants, says Jacky Peacock
The new divide
02 January 2024
The private rented sector in Northern Ireland is emerging as the tenure of first choice. But Paddy Gray asks how far private landlords can really become the new social landlords
No use empty
01 November 2023
Mike Thompson looks at a new initiative to bring empty properties back into use
Tenants’ voice Nov 2006
01 November 2023
The private rented sector is the focus of great debate. But why are the people who actually live in it so poorly represented, asks Jacky Peacock
Securing the future
01 November 2023
Nigel Parkinson puts the case for a return to greater security of tenure in the private rented sector
Truth of the matter
01 July 2023
Wayward preconceptions about private renting must be scrapped if we are to understand how the sector really works and what it has to offer, says Julie Rugg
Confessions of a rent boy
01 January 2024
Having finally scrambled on to the property ladder – just in time for negative equity – Pete May reminisces about two decades spent renting in London
Cheap at the price
01 November 2023
Joined up thinking, helping people off benefits into work and tenant empowerment are key government policies. But rent restructuring ignores these goals in favour of financial objectives, says Bernard Crofton
