Renting property

Only 2.5% of private rentals in England affordable on housing benefit, study finds

Exclusive: Charities say freeze to housing benefit will push more people into rent arrears and homelessness

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

01, Apr, 2025 @4:00 AM

Tenants win £260,000 of rent back in legal fight with London ‘rogue landlord’

Residents took firms owned by billionaire to tribunal for operating unlicensed houses in multiple occupation

Jamie Grierson

31, Mar, 2025 @6:17 PM

Tell us: have you had to pay a surcharge to keep your pet in UK rented accommodation?

We’d like to hear from UK renters who have been asked to pay a fee or higher rent because they owned a pet

Guardian community team

31, Mar, 2025 @12:29 PM

Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill

Exclusive: Meeting hosted by shadow housing minister for estate agents and landlords prompted accusations of collusion

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM

Something vital is missing from Labour’s housing policy: council houses | Abi O'Connor

The government’s new planning bill looks likely to serve the interests of landlords rather than hard-up renters, says urban sociologist Abi O’Connor

Abi O'Connor

25, Mar, 2025 @10:00 AM

Buy-to-let firms become biggest single type of business in UK, data shows

Four times more buy-to-let firms than fast-food shops now registered at Companies House as landlords switch set-up to cut tax payments

Julia Kollewe

17, Mar, 2025 @12:01 AM

Róisín Lanigan: ‘I moved to London and got bedbugs’

The Northern Irish journalist turned author on writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial reads

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

15, Mar, 2025 @6:00 PM

Stamp duty deadline and economic gloom dampen UK housing market

Buyer demand fell to lowest level since November 2023 in February, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

13, Mar, 2025 @12:01 AM

The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them | Editorial

Editorial: Ministers and mayors should encourage bold design, as well as the protection of nature

Editorial

11, Mar, 2025 @6:40 PM

Ministers scrap DWP program allowing landlords to tap into tenants’ benefits

Exclusive: Liz Kendall confirms government will no longer back controversial ‘computer says yes’ system

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

25, Feb, 2025 @12:00 PM

The cannabis farm scandal: how a rogue lettings agency destroyed countless homes

Imperial Property Group said it rented homes to NHS staff. In fact, they were torn apart to create drug factories, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. Why has the culprit not been brought to justice?

Sirin Kale

20, Feb, 2025 @5:00 AM

The Guardian view on new housing: Labour must not let builders dictate terms | Editorial

Editorial: The lack of affordable homes to buy and rent is a serious injustice. Ministers must fight for plans that put people first