RENTERS and housing justice campaigners have called for radical reform of private renting in their national manifesto ahead of the general election.

Housing groups London Renters Union, Generation Rent, Acorn, New Economics Foundation, Renters’ Rights London and Tenants Union UK penned the manifesto designed to transform housing in Britain.

The manifesto includes calls for the abolition of section 21 evictions, which allow landlords to evict tenants without giving a reason, the introduction of rent controls and ending discrimination of tenants on housing benefit.