The private lettings market for students during the latest wave of COVID-19 is a case of flagrant exploitation, says second-year St Andrews student Rhiannon Woolford
Tag: rent
Why banning no-fault evictions should be a big win for Millennial renters
Renters in the UK – who are disproportionately young adults – enjoyed a big win last week with the announcement that no-fault evictions will be banned in future. David Kingman explains why this is an important step forward for intergenerational justice
Five key messages from the latest English Housing Survey data
The initial findings from the 2017 to 2018 edition of the English Housing Survey were released last week, one of the UK’s best sources of data on housing-related matters. David Kingman reports on some of its key messages in relation to young adults and housing
Rent controls: lessons from Ireland?
The Irish government introduced rent controls in 2017 and look set to extend those controls with the aim of helping students. Sam Couldrick, IF researcher, assesses the impact the controls have had
Is hidden homelessness among children and young adults reaching “crisis” levels?
David Kingman examines some evidence which suggests that young adults are bearing the brunt of England’s homelessness epidemic
New report emphasises growing homelessness crisis in England
David Kingman delves into the findings of a recent piece of research by the National Audit Office which argues that the government is not doing enough to curb the rising levels of homelessness in England
The party manifestos: an intergenerational audit
With election day looming, Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, assesses the Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem party manifestos to check their intergenerational credentials
Mayoral Insight: What’s on offer for young people?
As part of IF’s latest Vox Pop series, Felix de Courcy-Ireland, IF Volunteer, Londoner and student, looks at what the potential candidates have to offer young people with the mayoral elections just around the corner
Who should Young People Vote for this May? The LibDems?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects the LibDems