A rental anti-landlord activist group of campaigners are up to their tricks again by organising protests across UK cities last weekend (8th – 10th April).

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Acorn the activist group which was recently ordered to pay £100,000 in damages to a landlord, is organising what it calls a national day of action on the back of its Renters Reform Blueprint. It is also demanding local election candidates to exert their influence to ensure the Renters Reform Bill drastically changes tenants’ rights in their favour, as much as humanly possible.

Six major protests focussed on the introduction of rent controls were held at Brighton, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Sheffield and Walsall.

The activist group says on social media: “Private renting in England is broken. From families facing no fault eviction, to those forced to live in unsafe housing, to people shut out of their communities by runaway rents. Renters need and deserve better.

“Along with 20 renters organisations & advocacy groups who make up @RentersReformCo, we're calling for the Government’s long awaited Renters’ Reform Bill to deliver the security, affordability, better standards & end to discrimination that renters need and deserve.”

Acorn with the Renters Reform Coalition are determined that Section 21 evictions are ‘outlawed’, renters can choose how long they stay in tenancies, introduction of a national landlord register, and the highly contentious rent control powers across the UK.

The Renters Reform Coalition is made up of organisations (at least one is in fact a business) work together to make sure that the incoming Renters Reform Bill “delivers the safety, security and improvements needed for the 11 million private renters in England. We are united in our mission to reform the private rented sector so that everyone who relies on it for their home can prosper.”