{"id":106101,"date":"2019-04-15T19:19:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finally-some-good-news-for-uk-renters-now-heres-what-else-we-can-fight-for-alicia-powell\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T20:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:03:24","slug":"finally-some-good-news-for-uk-renters-now-heres-what-else-we-can-fight-for-alicia-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finally-some-good-news-for-uk-renters-now-heres-what-else-we-can-fight-for-alicia-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, some good news for UK renters \u2013 now here\u2019s what else we can fight for | Alicia Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTenants have organised and campaigned and now \u2018no-fault\u2019 evictions are being abolished. This has to be just the startMonday marks a huge victory for private renters. Theresa May and the communities secretary, James Brokenshire, have announced that the government will abolish section 21 \u2013 a little-known law that means landlords can evict tenants without good reason. Right now, section 21 is used every day to send renters packing. Your landlord might decide they want to hike the rent up, sell the house or just that they don\u2019t want to make the repairs that need doing. It doesn\u2019t matter whether you\u2019ve been a good tenant or not, whether you\u2019ve paid your rent on time. The landlord is in control, not the tenant. I should know, because it happened to me. Related: \u2018I have PTSD and got depressed\u2019: how no-fault evictions affect tenants Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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