Renting

Campaigning for change

Learn about how our campaigning is changing the renting system for the better.

• The Renters' Rights Act
  Find out what the Renters’ Rights Act will mean for the lives of England’s 11 million private renters.

• Community organising
  Find out more about our community-led campaigns and how you can get involved.

The progress we have made

Together with our supporters, we have campaigned hard to improve the renting system.

• Together, we won new rights for renters
  Read about how we campaigned to get the Renters’ Rights Bill made into law and fought for the bill to be as strong as possible.

• We won an end to the four-year housing benefit freeze
  Read about how our campaigning helped make the government finally announce that from April 2024, LHA rates would be restored and housing benefit unfrozen.

• We changed the law on revenge evictions
  Find out how we changed the law to protect private renters from being evicted for making a complaint about poor conditions.

• We got unfair letting agent fees banned
  Read about how we campaigned to get these extortionate fees banned and then later made sure that a loophole was closed to further protect renters.

• We're working to end income discrimination
  Find out about the progress we have made in stopping landlords from discriminating against people who receive benefits or have children.

Get advice

Learn about your current renting rights and what the Renters' Rights Act will mean for private renters when its reforms are finally implemented.

• Advice for private renters
  Read about your rights as a renter and your landlord's responsibilities, as well as how to find somewhere to live and get benefits to help with the cost of rent.

• What to expect when the reforms in the Renters' Rights Act are implemented
  Find out what changes to expect when the reforms in the Renters’ Right Act are implemented and take effect ─ likely in 2026.