{"id":129357,"date":"2022-09-07T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/harsh-reality-of-finding-a-home-to-rent-letters\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T17:01:22","slug":"harsh-reality-of-finding-a-home-to-rent-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/harsh-reality-of-finding-a-home-to-rent-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Harsh reality of finding a home to rent | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSophie Hall writes about her struggle to rent a property in York, while Steve Banks says there are plenty of decent landlords like him across the countryI was saddened but not surprised to see the article on the rental crisis in the UK (\u2018It\u2019s a total disaster!\u2019 How soaring rents, cutthroat competition and unscrupulous landlords are breaking tenants, 1 September). I am in a similar situation. I am a midwife, so a key worker, and after living in Mexico for the last four years, decided to move back to the UK to work for the NHS.I was offered a job in York in May and I have been house hunting there since early June. I\u2019ve made countless trips to York from Northumberland, where I am staying with my parents, and have been turned down for every property that I\u2019ve applied for, even though I have good references and a guarantor if needed. On one occasion, I was on the train going to view a property only to be called and told that it had already gone. On another, I was told by an agent that they were waiting for a response from the landlord, only to be told later by their colleague that the landlord had turned down my application days ago. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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