{"id":137807,"date":"2023-06-23T22:56:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-truths-literatures-enduring-love-affair-with-landlords\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:19:51","slug":"home-truths-literatures-enduring-love-affair-with-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-truths-literatures-enduring-love-affair-with-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Home truths: literature\u2019s enduring love affair with landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom Orwell\u2019s \u2018horribly observant\u2019 Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy\u2019s benign Queenie \u2013 how writers portray landlords tells us much about about changing society through the agesWriting during the period of the Harlem renaissance in 1940, Langston Hughes reflects the times:Landlord, landlordMy roof has sprung a leak.Don\u2019t you \u2019member I told you about itWay last week?Ten Bucks you say I owe you?Ten Bucks you say is due?Well, that\u2019s Ten Bucks more\u2019n I\u2019ll pay youTill you fix this house up new Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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From Orwell\u2019s \u2018horribly observant\u2019 Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy\u2019s benign Queenie \u2013 how writers portray...<\/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-137807","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-zQH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11126,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-truths-nz-landlords-face-triple-whammy-good-news-for-tenants\/","url_meta":{"origin":137807,"position":0},"title":"Home truths: NZ landlords face triple whammy – good news for tenants","date":"April 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r New Zealand landlords are doing it tough, suffering a triple whammy of events lately.A recent court ruling has found them liable for damage tenants cause, the Government is toughening rules on safety and insulation - and now rents...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Home truths: NZ landlords face triple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":126946,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-real-estate-owners-seek-alternative-uses-for-retail-complexes-and-hotels-amid-tourism-slump\/","url_meta":{"origin":137807,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong real estate owners seek alternative uses for retail complexes and hotels amid tourism slump","date":"June 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s retail landlords and hotel owners, unable to bear the losses from an enduring tourism slump, apply to the Town Planning Board to convert their properties for alternative purposes such as cafes and housing.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Hong Kong real estate owners seek\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85758,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-call-all-landlords-parasites-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":137807,"position":2},"title":"Don\u2019t call all landlords parasites | Letters","date":"April 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Lorraine Hewitt and Martin Cooper respond to a recent Guardian articleRhik Samadder\u2019s view of landlords (Landlords are social parasites. 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