{"id":129913,"date":"2022-09-23T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-ill-be-fighting-for-a-rent-freeze-across-england-and-wales-this-winter-jazmyn-sadri\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:09:26","slug":"why-ill-be-fighting-for-a-rent-freeze-across-england-and-wales-this-winter-jazmyn-sadri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-ill-be-fighting-for-a-rent-freeze-across-england-and-wales-this-winter-jazmyn-sadri\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019ll be fighting for a rent freeze across England and Wales this winter | Jazmyn Sadri"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nExtending Scotland\u2019s rent freeze would help millions of renters like me who are struggling to pay their billsJazmyn Sadri is a member of the London Renters UnionAt the height of the pandemic, I received a letter from the letting agent that managed the flat I was renting. I opened it, thinking it would be about the broken heating system I\u2019d been complaining about since winter. Instead, the letter stated that my rent would be going up by \u00a350, with no mention of the repairs.I could have just about covered the rent increase, but after the agent continued to ignore my requests for repairs, I decided to cut my losses and find somewhere else to live. I was fed up with having to shower at friends\u2019 houses and couldn\u2019t face another winter living in a flat so cold that frost formed on the inside of the windows.Jazmyn Sadri is a charity sector worker and a member of the London Renters Union Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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