London Renters Union

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London Renters Union
Formation2018;7 years ago (2018)
Type Tenants' union
Location
  • London
Website Official site

The London Renters Union is a tenants' union in the United Kingdom founded in 2018. [1] As of September 2024, the union represents over 7,000 members across London. [2]

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In the face of recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, left-wing political group Momentum organised with tenants' unions such as the London Renters' Union, as well as ACORN, to educate renters about their tenancy rights and organise renters to fight evictions. [3] [4] Momentum began encouraging their supporters in to join the London Renters' Union in May 2020, [5] and the campaign was in full swing by September. [4] [6]

Following the Scottish Parliament enacting the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, the London Renters Union called for a similar law to be enacted in England. [7] From 2024, the LRU has called for rent control laws to be enacted. [8] [7] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Wilde, Matt (September 2019). "Resisting the Rentier City: Grassroots Housing Activism and Renter Subjectivity in Post-Crisis London". Radical Housing Journal. 1 (2): 63–80.
  2. ↑ "Jas Athwal: London Renters' Union calls for landlord MP to resign". BBC News. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Fisher, Andrew (22 September 2020). "Momentum is focusing on community campaigns - it's where it is most powerful". inews.co.uk.
  4. 1 2 Walker, Peter (21 September 2020). "Momentum to focus on resisting evictions during Covid-19 crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Activists step up call for tenants to pay no rent at all". Letting Agent Today. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Nigel (22 September 2020). "Labour activists plan 'peaceful resistance' when bailiffs attempt evictions". LandlordZONE. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Building the Movement for a Rent Freeze". londonrentersunion.org. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Geraghty, Liam (16 December 2024). "'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest". The Big Issue.
  9. ↑ Kallin, Hamish; Gray, Neil (28 October 2024). "Rent controls in comparative perspective: Reflections on an international symposium". Radical Housing Journal. 6 (2): 237–251. doi: 10.54825/DZKS1999 .
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