The Renters’ Rights Act will come into force in 10 days.
Learn about your new rights, and how to use them, by signing up to a FREE Renters’ Rights Awareness Week webinar!
Sign up here:
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
🚨 🚨 MISINFORMATION ALERT: Shocking email from a letting agent about the Renters' Rights Act.
From 1st May:
➡️ ALL TENANCIES WILL BECOME ROLLING, regardless of fixed-terms tenants have previously signed.
➡️ Tenants will be able to leave the home with 2 MONTHS NOTICE AT ANY POINT.
Remember that the deadline to register to vote is today, start below to make sure your voice counts!
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
DEADLINE TODAY
Your chance to become our next CEO closes today!
Apply now: www.generationrent.org/generation-r...
Your landlord is voting, you should too!
Most renters in the UK will have a vote - for devolved parliaments in Wales and Scotland and local elections in much of England.
Register to vote by Monday 20th April to make sure you get a say: www.gov.uk/register-to-...
Are you passionate about renters rights? Do you want to lead Generation Rent into more successes for tenants?
If so, please apply to be our new Chief Executive:
www.generationrent.org/generation-r...
DEADLINE: MONDAY 20TH OF APRIL
Renters’ Rights Awareness Week is coming soon!
Find out how the new Renters’ Rights Act will impact you by signing up to a webinar. Details below:
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
There is only one week left before your chance to become our new Chief Executive closes!
DEADLINE:
Monday 20th April 2026
APPLY HERE:
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Only 10 days to go!
Could you be the leader to take Generation Rent forward and secure stronger rights for private renters?
If so, we’d love to hear from you! Don’t miss out, the application window closes in just 10 days.
Apply here:
www.generationrent.org/generation-r...
🚨Generation Rent are Hiring! 🚨
Are you passionate about renters rights? Are you an effective manager and persuasive campaigner? If so, please apply to be our new Chief Executive 👇
Apply here: www.generationrent.org/generation-r...
DEADLINE: Apply by Monday 20th April 2026
With rents soaring far beyond wages, more people are at risk of being scammed into paying for homes that either don’t exist, or are short term lets.
Rental scams thrive because housing isn’t affordable.
Listen to our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, explain on BBC Radio London:
The @mayoroflondon.bsky.social has launched a £400,000 support package to help organisations and tenants’ unions prepare for the Renters’ Rights Act.
This will ensure Londoners get the support they need and real benefits reach people’s homes!
Read more below:
www.london.gov.uk/media-centre...
We’re seeking an experienced and compassionate leader to help drive meaningful change and empower renters to have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
Think you can do it? Apply to our Chief Executive role below:
www.generationrent.org/generation-r...
We're working with the London Mayor and Assembly to make sure every renter in the capital understands their new rights.
Check out our submission to the Housing Committee last month on where the focus should be: www.generationrent.org/2026/03/24/t...
On that note, we're looking for an experienced and compassionate individual to help us influence change and give renters a say in the decisions that shape their lives. Please share our advert for the next Chief Executive of Generation Rent 🏘️ [6/6]
jobs.theguardian.com/job/10057375...
Personal news 🧵 I am stepping down from my role as Chief Executive at Generation Rent UK in July.
Leading the organisation over the last three years has been unbelievably rewarding, and I’m immensely proud of the change that we’ve achieved together. [1/6]
We also think landlords with lots of properties should have to pool the cost caps across their portfolio so that more homes can be brought up to a good standard.
Exemptions need to be closely monitored for abuse, along with the effect of conservation area rules on fuel poverty
Our recommendations include limits on rent rises based on the lower of wage growth or inflation, so no renter is faced with a sudden unaffordable hike.
Renters in homes that fail the new standards should also be able to claim back rent to compensate for the higher bills.
The new Renters' Rights Act will make it easier to challenge rent rises, and the tribunal will apply discounts if the property is substandard.
That means renters in poorly insulated homes could benefit, but leaves renters in improved homes exposed to an unaffordable hike.
Estimated annual energy costs of homes with different energy efficiency ratings, based on DESNZ figures with some Generation Rent analysis to combine A, B, F and G bands, which represent just 6% of the private rented sector. A/B £1637 C £1722 D £1931 E £2203 F/G £2466
Tougher Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards mean lower bills, lower emissions and reduced reliance on fossil fuels.
But there's a risk landlords could cancel out bill savings with a rent increase
Bar chart showing the number of private rented households remaining in fuel poverty under different versions of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard, based on Generation Rent analysis and the government's own forecast for its announced policy. At a £15,000 cost cap with no exemptions, fewer than 200,000 households would be in fuel poverty. At a £10,000 cost cap with no exemptions, 300,000 would be in fuel poverty. Under the government plans, with a £10,000 cap and a suite of additional exemptions, nearly 600,000 households would remain in fuel poverty.
The government changes mean landlords must spend up to £10,000 to bring properties up to Band C by 2030, which could include insulation, solar panels and heat pumps.
But a range of exemptions mean that fewer than half of the 993k renters in fuel poverty will be lifted out of it.
42% of renters told us they regularly struggle to pay energy costs, having to cut back on other essentials or take on debt.
Cold homes lead to health problems. A
@medact.bsky.social survey of frontline health workers found 61% of health workers hear of damp and/or mould in patient’s homes
bar chart showing what proportion of private rented homes in England there are with each energy efficiency rating. Roughly: A/B 3% C 47% D 36% E 9% F/G 3%
Nearly half of private rented homes have an energy efficiency rating of D or below, meaning they're more expensive to heat, and more susceptible to damp and mould.
1 in 4 private renters are in fuel poverty, higher than other tenures
Plans to make rented homes cheaper to heat were announced by the government back in January. We've published a new report on what needs to happen to make this a reality and make sure renters benefit in full.
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Here's a thread with the basics 🧵
Reducing energy bills, carbon emissions and the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels should be a win-win-win, but vested interests are trying to block it.
Check out our latest report on how making our homes warmer and safer must be a top priority 👇
🚨BREAKING, New report:
Raising standards, not rents. Making energy efficiency work for private renters.
➡️ Impact of cold, damp homes on renters
➡️ Analysis of gov plans to improve energy efficiency
➡️ Policy recs to reduce fuel poverty & climate emissions
www.generationrent.org/2026/03/17/n...
🚨🚨 We are pleased to be supporting @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Renters' Fair on 21st March.
With the Renters' Rights Act coming into action in less than two months, come down to hear about how your rights will be changing. Anyone is welcome, you don't have to be a Camden resident.
Bar chart showing rent rises on new tenancies slowing in most British cities between January 2025 and January 2026. Only Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and Newcastle have seen rises of more than 2% in the past year
If your landlord is trying to raise the rent, it's worth checking what is happening in your local market. Today's Zoopla figures show rents rising more slowly in the past year in most UK cities - even dropping in some - giving renters a bit more bargaining power
www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/pro...
A Rightmove advert tried to stop tenants registering to vote. We challenged it and it was removed within hours.
But it exposed a bigger issue: millions of renters still face barriers to vote.
Our blog explains why automated voter registration is needed 👇
www.generationrent.org/2026/03/10/m...
