{"id":100454,"date":"2018-10-24T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/who-will-protect-tenants-from-rogue-landlords-certainly-not-the-tories-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T17:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:03:20","slug":"who-will-protect-tenants-from-rogue-landlords-certainly-not-the-tories-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/who-will-protect-tenants-from-rogue-landlords-certainly-not-the-tories-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will protect tenants from rogue landlords? Certainly not the Tories | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe government has abandoned private renters to poor living conditions, revenge evictions and sky-high rentsThis government is failing tenants. From an investigation by this newspaper the Guardian and ITV News into how rogue landlords continue to operate despite being deemed unfit to rent, that much is clear. Vermin, mould, dodgy wiring, bullying eviction tactics \u2013 it seems that you can get away with all of it, if you\u2019re rich enough to regard the fines as merely a business expense. All you need to do is move borough or have a third party say they are managing it for you. Furthermore, the government\u2019s rogue landlord database remains empty, six months after launch. It\u2019s not much of a deterrent for those hell-bent on wanton profiteering at the expense of vulnerable tenants and their families.For to be a tenant in this country is to be vulnerable. There are, of course, good, even great, landlords out there, and their tenants are the lucky ones. But even those who seem all right can let you down when you need them most. Then there are the awful ones, and these number more than is acceptable in a developed western economy. The horror stories never stop. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Who will protect tenants from rogue landlords? Certainly not the Tories | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government has abandoned private renters to poor living conditions, revenge evictions and sky-high rentsThis...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-q8e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98970,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/frustrated-landlords-call-on-the-government-to-provide-protection-from-rogue-tenants\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":0},"title":"Frustrated landlords call on the Government to provide protection from rogue tenants","date":"October 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Landlords have called on the Government to grant them greater protection under the law after more tales emerged of \"nightmare\" tenants causing tens of thousands of dollars damage to rental homes.The latest video today showed a South...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Frustrated landlords call on the Government to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140305,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theyve-attacked-families-with-cordless-drills-the-man-taking-on-rogue-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":1},"title":"\u2018They\u2019ve attacked families with cordless drills\u2019: the man taking on rogue landlords","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ben Reeve-Lewis, of Safer Renting, has seen criminal landlords switch off electricity and play \u2018mind games\u2019 to force tenants outBen Reeve-Lewis has been a scourge of rogue landlords for more than three decades. The co-founder of Safer Renting, a housing law advocacy service made up of a crack team\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30391,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/crackdown-on-rogue-landlords-to-include-new-minimum-bedroom-size\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":2},"title":"Crackdown on rogue landlords to include new minimum bedroom size","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government proposes mandatory standard of 6.52 sq metres and licensing wider range of properties to stop exploitation of tenantsA new minimum bedroom size and the extension of licensing to thousands more properties are to form part of a government crackdown on rogue landlords who cram tenants into overcrowded homes.As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2482,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rogue-landlords-exploit-deposit-protection-loophole\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":3},"title":"Rogue landlords exploit deposit protection loophole","date":"June 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Legislation to rein in bad landlords and agents can leave tenants out of pocketA loophole in the rental deposit protection laws is enabling rogue landlords and letting agents to avoid returning deposits worth thousands of pounds.Landlords in England and Wales are required by law to place a tenant's deposit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":103194,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/councils-need-more-tools-to-cut-off-rogue-landlords-profits-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":4},"title":"Councils need more tools to cut off rogue landlords\u2019 profits | Letter","date":"January 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Brent councillor Eleanor Southwood says the London borough is leading the way in cracking down on those who make tenants\u2019 lives a miseryI agree wholeheartedly with outrage about rogue landlords profiting from housing benefit (Law must change, says council that paid \u00a3500,000 to rogue landlord, 22 January). But focusing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100400,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-westminster-to-wirral-englands-rogue-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":100454,"position":5},"title":"From Westminster to Wirral: England's rogue landlords","date":"October 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r One man let out a shed as a home, while another treated his tenants to pigeon droppings Continue reading...\r \r Source : theguardian.com\r Read more...From Westminster to Wirral: England's rogue landlords","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}