Cash-strapped councils are reluctant to take landlords to court due to legal costs, a lawyer told openDemocracy

Six months’ rent up front, or a guarantor earning £84,000 – overseas students tell of landlords’ impossible demands

1,400 complaints about government-funded accommodation include allegations of sexual harassment, racism and violence

Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘rental guarantee’ insurance policies drive discrimination and need tighter regulation

Government ignored warnings that abolishing section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions could leave people ineligible for support

Housing and migrants charities blast ‘shameful’ plan to relax licensing rules around HMOs for people fleeing danger

Conservative MP says ministers have failed to grasp ‘crucial opportunity’ as street homelessness ticks up, not down

OPINION: Thought landlords were selling up and making it even harder to rent? Think again

Exclusive: Tory MPs blamed rising rents for increased claims, while government imposed freeze on poorest tenants

Rachel Maclean said the narrative being pushed by some MPs and the property sector is ‘wrong’

Soaring spend on temporary accommodation reflects chronic shortage of permanent social housing in Britain

The National Residential Landlord Association is understood to have written more than 20 letters to SUs across the UK

The Tories pledged to end section 21 evictions in 2019. Tens of thousands have paid the price for their slow progress

With a key tenants’ rights bill set to go before MPs, what is going through the minds of the UK’s property class?

Representatives of housing associations including Clarion, Peabody, L&Q and Optivo met and wrote to ministers over the summer

Hundreds in Custom House are being asked to vote on whether their homes should be knocked down. It’s a catch-22

Campaigners had urged the government to cap private rents alongside social rents, which will be limited to a 7% rise

Investigation finds underhand tactics used by UK councils to cut wait lists as time runs out for thousands

Social and private tenants are bearing the brunt of the political chaos sparked by the UK’s shortest-serving PM

Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy says she is ‘very interested’ in giving councils power to freeze private rents