{"id":108466,"date":"2019-06-26T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-tenants-in-unsafe-homes-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2019-06-26T17:03:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:03:40","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-of-tenants-in-unsafe-homes-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-tenants-in-unsafe-homes-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands of tenants in unsafe homes, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCitizens Advice research finds half of landlords don\u2019t know or understand legal obligationsWeak regulation of private renting has left hundreds of thousands of tenants living in mouldy or dangerous homes, Citizens Advice has warned.A survey of English landlords and tenants conducted on behalf of the charity found that half of landlords do not know or understand their legal obligations. Meanwhile, renters aren\u2019t aware of their rights or don\u2019t feel able to enforce them. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Hundreds of thousands of tenants in unsafe homes, survey finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citizens Advice research finds half of landlords don\u2019t know or understand legal obligationsWeak regulation of...<\/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-108466","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-sds","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74042,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-tenants-in-england-suffering-abuse-from-private-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":0},"title":"Thousands of tenants in England 'suffering abuse' from private landlords","date":"September 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Housing charity Shelter says 17,000 renters have called its helpline during the last year with complaints including harassment, threats and assaultsThousands of private tenants have suffered abuse at the hands of landlords, including harassment, threats and assaults, which could have resulted in legal action, according to research by Shelter.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":74914,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenants-lose-out-after-landlord-pressure-halves-uk-home-insulation-cap\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":1},"title":"Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Plan to make landlords improve draughtiest homes and boost energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of tenants lay in tatters, say criticsTenants face missing out on energy bill savings after the government caved in to landlords\u2019 demands by lowering a cap on the costs they face to upgrade Britain\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72217,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/more-landlords-turn-away-housing-benefit-claimants\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":2},"title":"More landlords turn away housing benefit claimants","date":"January 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A survey finds that of the landlords who currently let to people on benefits, more than half say they won't after the roll-out of universal creditChanges to welfare payments and concerns about the new universal credit system mean that four in five landlords are unwilling to let properties to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128395,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-evicting-tenants-for-airbnb-and-holidays-lets-report-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":3},"title":"Landlords evicting tenants for Airbnb and holidays lets, report finds","date":"July 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Rachael Maskell, the York Central MP, has proposed a bill to tackle shortage of private rental housingLandlords are evicting tenants and switching to Airbnbs and holiday lets because the money is better and they \u201cdo not have to worry about bad tenants\u201d.Research has found a boom in rental properties\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":149634,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ministers-scrap-dwp-program-allowing-landlords-to-tap-into-tenants-benefits\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":4},"title":"Ministers scrap DWP program allowing landlords to tap into tenants\u2019 benefits","date":"February 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Exclusive: Liz Kendall confirms government will no longer back controversial \u2018computer says yes\u2019 systemMinisters are to scrap a controversial \u201ccomputer says yes\u201d program that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct hundreds of pounds from tenants\u2019 universal credit benefits without their consent.Last month, a judge ruled that the \u201cclick-screen\u201d program\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53852,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bristol-housing-charity-tops-list-of-uks-most-prosecuted-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":108466,"position":5},"title":"Bristol housing charity tops list of UK's most-prosecuted landlords","date":"May 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Charity set up to house homeless among landlords convicted of making money from substandard properties but still letting homes to tenants, research finds A Bristol-based charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people has topped a list of the UK\u2019s most-prosecuted landlords compiled by\u2026","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\/108466"}],"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=108466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}