{"id":131892,"date":"2022-12-02T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/facing-eviction-ive-learned-that-relying-on-good-landlords-is-a-feudal-throwback-moya-lothian-mclean\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:19:33","slug":"facing-eviction-ive-learned-that-relying-on-good-landlords-is-a-feudal-throwback-moya-lothian-mclean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/facing-eviction-ive-learned-that-relying-on-good-landlords-is-a-feudal-throwback-moya-lothian-mclean\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing eviction, I\u2019ve learned that relying on \u2018good landlords\u2019 is a feudal throwback | Moya Lothian-McLean"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPrivate tenants are powerless. Keep your doctrine of kindness, and give us a legal safety net instead I am in the midst of a house move. It is not by choice. I am one of the thousands of renters in London facing eviction \u2013 although technically our landlord has simply decided not to renew our tenancy, a decision that doesn\u2019t seem to factor into official eviction stats, though it should, given the frequency with which it\u2019s occurring.My landlord was one of that rare breed: the \u201cgood\u201d landlords. You hear about them occasionally. The bar is very low, yet most private landlords (in London, at least) fail to clear it. Not a price gouger; fixes things when asked; doesn\u2019t treat tenants like squatters who happen to be paying half their monthly salary for the privilege of residing in their buy-to-let.Moya Lothian-McLean is a contributing editor at Novara Media Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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