SOMEONE HAS TO MAKE THE CASE.

Started May 2026 with the Landlord Economics report: eight worked examples showing typical returns at or below a Cash ISA. We've since put the case to the Housing Minister twice, and The Times has covered it.

1. action May 2026 - cornerstone report

   Published Landlord Economics in 2026: Why No One Is Getting Rich

   Eight worked examples, regional analysis, and the honest arithmetic of letting in 2026: returns around, and in most cases below, a Cash ISA. By Phil Shelley, Chair.

   Read the report →
2. press May 2026

   The Times: it no longer pays to be a London landlord

   National pickup of the Landlord Economics case: a London landlord losing 200 pounds a month, and the arithmetic behind it. Subscription required.

   Read it in The Times (subscription) →
3. action Jul 2026

   Second letter to the Housing Minister

   A renewed reform case put to Matthew Pennycook MP, signed by Phil Shelley and Richard Jenkins, backed by the Landlord Economics evidence.

4. action Jul 2026

   Surveyed 698 landlords on the economics of letting

   A direct survey of landlords on what letting really earns them; the findings feed the next phase of the campaign.

5. press Jul 2025

   Property118 covers the reform proposals

   Coverage of our case that reforming fees and contracts could save London landlords two billion pounds a year.

   Read it in Property118 →
6. action Jun 2025

   Put reform proposals to the Housing Minister

   An open letter to Matthew Pennycook MP and the Deputy Prime Minister proposing practical lettings reforms, led by contract flexibility, to cut letting costs and support the housing market.

   Read the letter →

Fees and terms are buried in small print landlords can't compare. We've asked the Housing Minister, twice, to make agents publish their prices and terms up front.

1. action Jul 2026

   Renewed the call for published terms and conditions

   Restated in our second letter to the Housing Minister: letting agents and platforms should publish their terms and prices so landlords can compare before they commit.

2. action Jun 2025

   Called for published terms and conditions

   Proposed in our first letter to the Housing Minister: letting agents and platforms should publish their terms and prices, bringing basic transparency to a market that lacks it.

   Read the letter →

Not a campaign, a foundation: our platform data on rents and demand, published monthly and quoted by the trade press, so every case we make runs on real numbers.

1. press Apr 2026

   Letting Agent Today covers our London market analysis

   Coverage of our platform data showing the London lettings market in retreat ahead of the Renters' Rights Act.

   Read it in Letting Agent Today →
2. press Apr 2026

   The Negotiator quotes our market data on the pre-Act storm

   Richard Jenkins on the March figures: rents down 7.6% year on year and 30 enquiries per property, still well above the national average.

   Read it in The Negotiator →
3. press Jan 2026

   The Negotiator publishes a guest blog by Richard Jenkins

   On lettings systems built for a world that no longer exists, and what the Renters' Rights Act really signals for landlords.

   Read it in The Negotiator →
4. action Monthly since Jan 2026

   The Letting Market Report series

   Real platform data on rents and tenant demand, published every month, so the debate runs on numbers rather than anecdotes. The series the trade press quotes.

   See every edition →
5. action Dec 2025

   Hosted the Renters' Rights Act webinar

   A practical walkthrough of what the Act changes for landlords, recorded and free to watch.

   Watch the recording →
6. press May 2025

   Landlord Today covers Suzanne Smith joining the board

   Coverage of Suzanne Smith, The Independent Landlord, joining Hello Neighbour as a non-executive director.

   Read it in Landlord Today →

Started October 2023 against fees charged when a tenant simply stays put, with a petition, a survey and national coverage. Periodic tenancies under the Renters' Rights Act ended fixed-term renewals, and with them most renewal fees.

1. press Feb 2024

   The Negotiator covers the Stop Renewal Fees relaunch

   Coverage of the survey finding that 65% of London landlords raised rents to cover the agent renewal fee, so tenants effectively pay thirteen months' rent a year.

   Read it in The Negotiator →
2. action Feb 2024

   Relaunched Stop Renewal Fees with a landlord survey

   A fresh survey put numbers on the harm: 65% of London landlords hiked rents to cover the renewal fee. The petition passed 550 signatures.

   Read the campaign explainer →
3. press Oct 2023

   Property118 covers the campaign launch

   Coverage of the campaign to stop unfair letting agent renewal fees.

   Read it in Property118 →
4. press Oct 2023

   Property Reporter covers the one billion pound figure

   Coverage of the finding that London landlords are stung for one billion pounds a year in agent renewal fees.

   Read it in Property Reporter →
5. press Oct 2023

   Landlord Knowledge covers the campaign

   Coverage of the one billion pound renewal-fee burden and the campaign for change.

   Read it in Landlord Knowledge →
6. press Oct 2023

   Property Industry Eye covers the launch

   Coverage of the Stop Renewal Fees campaign launch.

   Read it in Property Industry Eye →
7. press Oct 2023

   Letting Agent Today covers the launch

   Coverage of the campaign against renewal fees charged for tenants simply staying put.

   Read it in Letting Agent Today →
8. press Oct 2023

   The Negotiator covers the launch

   Coverage of the Stop Renewal Fees campaign on launch day.

   Read it in The Negotiator →
9. action Oct 2023

   Launched the Stop Renewal Fees campaign

   A petition, explainer and press release built on one finding: London landlords waste up to one billion pounds a year on high-street renewal fees, charged for tenants simply choosing to stay.

   Read the campaign explainer →
10. press

    The Times asks why letting agencies still charge renewal fees

    National coverage of the renewal-fees question the Stop Renewal Fees campaign put on the agenda. Subscription required.

    Read it in The Times (subscription) →
11. press

    The Times: charged 6,156 pounds for next to nothing

    A landlord's renewal-fee story in the national press: thousands charged for a tenant simply staying put. Subscription required.

    Read it in The Times (subscription) →