{"id":140369,"date":"2023-11-19T22:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-no-space-rogue-landlords-double-income-by-ignoring-overcrowding-rules\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T22:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T15:27:19","slug":"theres-no-space-rogue-landlords-double-income-by-ignoring-overcrowding-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-no-space-rogue-landlords-double-income-by-ignoring-overcrowding-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s no space\u2019: rogue landlords double income by ignoring overcrowding rules"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLocal authorities lack funding to track landlords who take advantage of desperate tenants priced out of the conventional rental market A small, nervous-looking woman in a leopard-skin print dressing gown opens the door to two council housing officers. Behind her stands a young boy in a primary school uniform.\u201cWe are just here to check the conditions of the property and the occupancy,\u201d explains Sylwia Olejnik-Ankowiak, who has been tracking down rogue landlords in the deprived east London borough of Newham for more than 15 years. \u201cWe need to come in and talk to everyone.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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