{"id":138204,"date":"2023-07-05T01:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T01:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T18:58:41","slug":"renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Renters protest against \u2018rampant profiteering\u2019 outside landlords\u2019 convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nTenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK rents soarTenants facing soaring rents staged a protest against \u201crampant profiteering\u201d outside a landlord convention in London where investors were told how to \u201cbuild a \u00a325m property portfolio, using none of your own money\u201d.Dozens of renters chanted: \u201cLandlords! Parasites!\u201d outside the National Landlord Investment Show and demanded a rent freeze, as the average monthly UK rent has increased by \u00a3110 \u2013 over 10% a year \u2013 according to the property website Zoopla. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2023\/jul\/04\/renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renters protest against \u2018rampant profiteering\u2019 outside landlords\u2019 convention<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Tenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-138204","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-zX6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20374,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sadiq-khan-and-the-battle-against-bad-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":138204,"position":0},"title":"Sadiq Khan and the battle against bad landlords","date":"July 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Labour mayor could have some unexpected allies in his quest to improve standards in the capital\u2019s private rented sectorSi\u00e2n Berry, Green Party member of the London Assembly, is conducting a survey of the growing number of people in the capital who rent accommodation from private landlords - about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100454,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/who-will-protect-tenants-from-rogue-landlords-certainly-not-the-tories-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","url_meta":{"origin":138204,"position":1},"title":"Who will protect tenants from rogue landlords? 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