The government’s announcement on 18th March of an eviction ban for social and private renters is woefully inadequate. Social and private tenants who stay at home under government advice must be protected not just from eviction but from rent arrears too. Our statement published on 19th March 2020.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is consulting on plans for ‘First Homes’: new homes for sale to first time buyers with £100,000 discounts, targeted at ‘key workers’ such as nurses, police officers and veterans of the armed forces. On the face of it, this is just another scheme targeted at first…

This consultation was announced alongside a number of other measures billed as “the biggest change in building safety for a generation”. But to what extent do the government’s new building safety measures meet tenant demands?

There was good news for residents of a 750-home estate in west London before Christmas, as they defeated a threat of demolition which they had fought for over ten years.

Ahead of the election on 12th December, we pick out some of the key policies for social housing tenants from each of the main parties' manifestos.

2019 has marked 100 years since the Addison Act brought decent low-cost rented housing to working class households across London. From July onward, London and the country as a whole has lit up with social housing estates and neighbourhoods holding parties and events to celebrate the milestone. Ampthill Square Tenants…

One of our Reps, Pat Turnbull, was recently published in Act Local, a collection of essays by Centre for London. This was her contribution.

LTF's Treasurer, Ron Hollis, makes the case for a nationwide tenant-led reassessment of government social rent setting.

[Updated 21st October 2019] On 6 June 2019, the government launched a 9-week consultation on its 192-page proposal document, Building a Safer Future: Proposals for Reform of the Building Safety Regulatory System. To discuss and agree how best to respond, over forty tenants and residents representatives from across London gathered…

London Tenants Federation (LTF) is one of fifteen organisations to have been offered a place on the Mayor’s new London Housing Panel. The Panel will be chaired by Raji Hunjan, CEO of the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust and brings together voluntary and community organisations to discuss and help inform London-wide housing…