{"id":100518,"date":"2018-10-26T00:07:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bleak-state-of-britains-private-rented-sector-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T01:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T18:03:39","slug":"bleak-state-of-britains-private-rented-sector-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bleak-state-of-britains-private-rented-sector-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bleak state of Britain\u2019s private rented sector | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGuardian readers respond to our investigation into rogue landlords and private rented housing conditionsWe really appreciate the Guardian\u2019s exposure of the conditions that so many private tenants endure, and the weaknesses in legislation that allow the worst landlords to continue to rent, despite repeated prosecutions (Banned but still in business. How law fails to stop rogue landlords, 24 October).Most tenants feel powerless to act against their landlord because tenancies in England and Wales do not provide security of tenure, so tenants risk losing their home if they dare complain. The court system is also a deterrent. It can be daunting, time-consuming and expensive, with the added risk that if the landlord employs a top barrister and wins on a technicality, the tenant could be ordered to pay the landlord\u2019s costs as well as his or her own. The whole court system needs an overhaul. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Guardian readers respond to our investigation into rogue landlords and private rented housing conditionsWe really...<\/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-100518","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-q9g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100454,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/who-will-protect-tenants-from-rogue-landlords-certainly-not-the-tories-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","url_meta":{"origin":100518,"position":0},"title":"Who will protect tenants from rogue landlords? 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