{"id":135581,"date":"2023-03-21T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-who-ban-all-children-breach-equality-rules-says-uk-ombudsman\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T07:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:20:02","slug":"landlords-who-ban-all-children-breach-equality-rules-says-uk-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-who-ban-all-children-breach-equality-rules-says-uk-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Landlords who ban all children breach equality rules, says UK ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNurse with four children challenges the practice after landlords and letting agents refuse to rent to them Blanket bans on letting properties to families with children discriminate against women and are against the sector\u2019s code of practice, the Property Ombudsman has ruled, after an NHS nurse and mother challenged the practice.Lexi Levens, 33, and her four children were forced to register as homeless after they were handed a no-fault eviction on Christmas Eve and no landlords or letting agents would rent to them, despite her and her husband passing affordability checks. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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