Property News · August 4, 2017

Give us a paintbrush! Ten ways to make the housing market work for tenants | Penny Anderson


It may seem trivial, but giving renters more control over where they live and what they pay is essential to tackling bad landlordsPolitical parties, aware that tenants are a sizeable voting block, are vying to be seen to mend the UK’s undeniably broken housing market. Housing and planning minister Alok Sharma supports building more homes for private rent, offering three-year, family-friendly tenancies at “affordable” rents.That’s reasonable, of course – although of little help to those already suffering in the rental market. At last week’s AGM of Living Rent (Scotland’s tenants’ union), everybody listened to stirring tales of defeating bad landlords, before splitting into groups to plan the next campaign. The resulting wish-list was simple. This is what we’d like: Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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