{"id":145029,"date":"2024-06-11T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-were-we-evicted-i-had-to-ask-the-new-tenant-to-find-out-and-the-reason-cuts-to-the-heart-of-the-uks-housing-crisis-ruby-lott-lavigna\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T18:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:19:07","slug":"why-were-we-evicted-i-had-to-ask-the-new-tenant-to-find-out-and-the-reason-cuts-to-the-heart-of-the-uks-housing-crisis-ruby-lott-lavigna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-were-we-evicted-i-had-to-ask-the-new-tenant-to-find-out-and-the-reason-cuts-to-the-heart-of-the-uks-housing-crisis-ruby-lott-lavigna\/","title":{"rendered":"Why were we evicted? I had to ask the new tenant to find out \u2013 and the reason cuts to the heart of the UK's housing crisis | Ruby Lott-Lavigna"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Tories have betrayed renters, and Labour\u2019s plans don\u2019t go far enough. Here\u2019s how they can fix our broken systemThe call about my eviction came on a Friday afternoon in February. The estate agent rang me from an unknown number to let me know my housemates and I would need to leave our home. We had only moved in the year before. \u201cWhy?\u201d I asked, confused, with a panicky feeling rising in my chest. \u201cThe landlord doesn\u2019t have to give a reason,\u201d he said unapologetically and then hung up.Section 21, or \u201cno-fault\u201d, evictions are one of the cruellest facets of the housing sector, and they\u2019re increasingly common: recent figures show a staggering 52% rise in these evictions in London in the past year. The right to evict a tenant without notice, for no reason, with almost no legal recourse, was introduced in Margaret Thatcher\u2019s 1988 Housing Act. It doesn\u2019t matter how long the tenant has lived in their home, or if they\u2019ve always paid rent on time \u2013 a landlord can remove them, usually with just a few months\u2019 notice.Ruby Lott-Lavigna is news and politics reporter at openDemocracy Continue reading…
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