#generationrent — Public Fediverse posts

Today, the average English home costs 7.7x median earnings, up from around 4x in the late 1990s. It's not avocado toast. Working young people are structurally worse off.

#HousingCrisis #GenerationRent #UKHousing #CostOfLiving

Renters in Wales (social and private) make sure you get your voices heard through the Annual Tenant Pulse Survey

https://www.tpas.cymru/blog/calling-all-renters-in-wales

Important with the upcoming Senedd elections in 2026 - and you know the landlords WILL be making sure they get their voices heard!

#generationrent #housing #Wales #renting #tenants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6pENeh4oA

#TheStream

#GenerationRent: How youth are battling the #globalhousingcrisis

'This is a story of #marketfailure'
--- #TaraRaghuveer, #TenantUnionFederation

tenantfederation.org

#housing #housingcrisis #costofliving

England-based, but relevant in Wales too.

Many countries have restrictions on rent increases within the term of a tenancy, sometimes known as rent stabilisation measures. Rather than experiencing sudden, unexpected jumps in rent, tenants and landlords know exactly how much the cost of rent could be increased.

#Housing #Rent #GenerationRent

https://england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/updates_insights_and_impact/stabilising_rents_around_the_world

Worrying trend of landlords banning tenants from working from home | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/landlord-housing-tenants-working-from-home-b2569756.html

#WorkingFromHome
#WorkingFromHomeBans
#Landlords
#Tenants
#Renting
#GenerationRent
#GenerationRentGroup
#Section21Evictions
#Homelessness
#ONS
#SmallBusinessEnterpriseAndEmploymentAct2015

https://open.substack.com/pub/annpettifor/p/why-are-rents-rising-at-record-rates?r=78g6l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Ann Pettifor is one of the few #economists worth reading because she assessed the situation as it is, untrammeled by dogma. #GenerationRent should read her because until you understand the causes of the problem you can't fix it.
#RentRises

#UKPol #UKPolitics #GenerationRent #UKHousingCrisis

Vulnerable UK women forced into ‘sex for rent’ by cost of living crisis | Sex work | The Guardian
#SexForRent
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfGreedCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#SurvivalSex
#BeyondTheStreets
#LAWA
#GenerationRent
#WomensAid
#FinancialAbuse
#HomeOffice
#TacklingDomesticAbusePlan
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/29/vulnerable-uk-women-forced-into-survival-sex-by-cost-of-living-crisis

I use the fact I pay rent on time to improve my credit position with Experian, Equifax, TransUnion & Crediva by using Creditladder. It's free, but I pay £8/mnth for the pro version to report to all four rather than just one. #CreditRating #GenerationRent

https://www.creditladder.co.uk/join/4kN2nMj0zgBpABDL