While 4 in 10 landlords have no debt on their properties, renters across the country are facing inflation-busting rent increases.
London renters protest landlord investment show
Tag: London Renters Union
End to ‘no-fault’ evictions won’t bring security
Recent data from Shelter also reveals that tenants who report disrepair are twice as likely to be evicted in retaliation.
Bill will allow stealth ‘no-fault’ evictions
Without hard limits on in-tenancy rent increases, landlords can use large rent hikes to force unwanted tenants out.
Protests press government to end sticking-plaster approach to rent crisis
Following the weekend’s panicked, last minute government U-turn on allowing a mass wave of evictions renters’ unions are pushing the government to offer “more than a broken umbrella in a torrential downpour” with protests yesterday, today and tomorrow. Despite significant criticism and warnings that revoking the hold on proceedings would cause an immediate massive housing
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