World news | The Guardian16h ago
Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/16/record-numbers-of-uk-renters-crowdfunding-to-cover-bills #SocialExclusion #Crowdfunding #RentingProperty #Society #Money #UkNews #Property #Technology #HouseholdBills #FamilyFinances #ConsumerAffairs #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Business #Poverty #Housing #Disability #SharedOwnership #WorldNews #Communities #MentalHealth
Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills

Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their heads

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Opinion | The Guardian US2d ago
You’ve heard the king’s speech – but I think a better one might run like this | David Blunkett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/kings-speech-david-blunkett-government-cost-of-living #KingsSpeech #Politics #Labour #UkNews #EconomicPolicy #YoungPeople #Nhs #ArmsTrade #Welfare #RentingProperty
You’ve heard the king’s speech – but I think a better one might run like this

If I were in government I’d propose a very different response to the challenges we face – starting with protecting people from the cost of living, says former Labour home secretary David Blunkett

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‘This is not a World Cup for the people’: residents in host cities sound alarm over housing affordability https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/fifa-world-cup-cost #WorldCup2026 #UsNews #Housing #Society #Airbnb #RentingProperty #WorldCup #Atlanta #NewYork
World news | The Guardian5d ago
Thinktank calls for ‘double lock’ England private rent cap to ease living costs https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/11/ippr-thinktank-double-lock-england-private-rent-cap-living-costs #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #UsisraelWarOnIran #RentingProperty #RachelReeves #Housing #Property #UkNews #England #Labour
Thinktank calls for ‘double lock’ England private rent cap to ease living costs

Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage growth

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
‘Everyone was in tears’: the tenants given eviction notices just before ban in England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/10/tenants-no-fault-eviction-notices-just-before-ban-england-section-21 #Housing #RentingProperty #Money #Property #Society #Communities #Birmingham #Brighton #UkNews
‘Everyone was in tears’: the tenants given eviction notices just before ban in England

Shock and fears for future, including possible homelessness, after landlords rushed to issue section 21 notices before 1 May

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Opinion | The Guardian USMay 5
On the eve of section 21 being abolished, I was served an eviction notice. I was far from alone | George Francis Lee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/section-21-eviction-notice-renters-right-act #RentingProperty #Property #Housing #England #UkNews
On the eve of section 21 being abolished, I was served an eviction notice. I was far from alone

The Renters’ Right Act has finally given tenants in England more security over their housing, says George Francis Lee, a recipient of the 2025/26 Scott Trust Bursary

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World news | The GuardianApr 30
Solicitors report late flood of no-fault evictions before ban in England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/30/late-flood-no-fault-evictions-ban-england-renters-rights-act #Housing #RentingProperty #Property #Money #Society #England #UkNews #Politics #Communities
Solicitors report late flood of no-fault evictions before ban in England

Advice charity also helping thousands of tenants before Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on Friday

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World news | The GuardianApr 29
Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/senior-uk-ministers-deride-reeves-year-long-rent-freeze #RachelReeves #RentingProperty #Housing #Politics #UkNews #KeirStarmer #SteveReed
Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze

Housing secretary and housing minister latest to criticise idea, which has also been ruled out by No 10

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World news | The GuardianApr 28
No 10 dismisses Reeves’s reported plan for freeze on private rents https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/no-10-dismisses-reeves-reported-plan-for-freeze-on-private-rents #RachelReeves #RentingProperty #UkNews #Politics #Labour #Housing #Property
No 10 dismisses Reeves’s reported plan for freeze on private rents

Downing Street says focus to remains on cutting bills, backing renters and lowering energy prices

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World news | The GuardianApr 28
Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/shares-buy-to-let-mortgage-lenders-rachel-reeves-rent-freeze-ftse-250 #FinancialSector #Banking #Business #RentingProperty #BuyingToLet #Property #Money #RachelReeves #Politics #UkNews
Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock Exchange

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