London is an exciting place to live. If you are moving here for the first time, living in rented accommodation is a great place to meet people and housemates often become good friends. In fact, for the majority of younger people, the only option is to rent a property, despite the Mayor of London’s recent pledge to produce 50,000 new affordable homes in the capital within three years.

If you are a tenant looking for long term accommodation in London you can search for rooms, studio flats, houses, flat-share and apartments. For those looking for short term stays you can search for Bed and Breakfasts and hotels. The internet is awash with sites offering all sorts of accommodation.

However, one of the more affordable ways for younger people to set up home in the capital is under threat. If you are looking to Rent City Apartments here , shared houses and flats in London could become a thing of the past if the Government changes the rules. Under recent proposals by the Housing Minister, planning permission would have to be obtained if an owner wanted to let a property to three or more unrelated people, thus giving councils powers to crack down on the worst landlords and stop the spread of high concentrations of shared homes where it causes other residents problems. (more...)