{"id":2476,"date":"2014-08-30T03:15:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-renters-trapped-in-1000-a-month-rabbit-hutch-properties\/"},"modified":"2016-01-24T02:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T19:07:19","slug":"london-renters-trapped-in-1000-a-month-rabbit-hutch-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-renters-trapped-in-1000-a-month-rabbit-hutch-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"London renters trapped in \u00a31,000 a month 'rabbit hutch properties'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLandlords cashing in by dividing homes into ‘semi-studios’ barely bigger than recommended minimum as rents and prices riseRenters in London are being forced into what one politician described as “rabbit hutch properties” at rents in excess of \u00a31,000 a month as landlords cash in on the capital’s booming housing market.Small bedsits are not a new phenomenon in the capital, but with rents and house prices at record levels an increasing number of landlords are boosting their returns by splitting family homes into small studio flats, or even smaller living spaces which letting agents have dubbed “semi-studios”. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…London renters trapped in \u00a31,000 a month ‘rabbit hutch properties’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Landlords cashing in by dividing homes into ‘semi-studios’ barely bigger than recommended minimum as rents...<\/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-2476","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-DW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30391,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/crackdown-on-rogue-landlords-to-include-new-minimum-bedroom-size\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":0},"title":"Crackdown on rogue landlords to include new minimum bedroom size","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government proposes mandatory standard of 6.52 sq metres and licensing wider range of properties to stop exploitation of tenantsA new minimum bedroom size and the extension of licensing to thousands more properties are to form part of a government crackdown on rogue landlords who cram tenants into overcrowded homes.As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4688,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sky-high-london-rents-prompt-calls-for-new-controls-on-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":1},"title":"Sky-high London rents prompt calls for new controls on landlords","date":"August 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r With many Londoners paying at least half their salary in rent, politicians say urgent measures are needed to prevent a ghettoisation of the capitalLondon has become one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a home, prompting politicians to call for New York-style controls on landlords.In\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138204,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":2},"title":"Renters protest against \u2018rampant profiteering\u2019 outside landlords\u2019 convention","date":"July 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tenants 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9264,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/government-proposes-minimum-bedroom-size-for-rental-properties\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":3},"title":"Government proposes minimum bedroom size for rental properties","date":"November 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Size would be set at 6.5 sq metres in attempt to stop landlords creating \u2018rabbit hutch properties\u2019 to increase rental incomeThe government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size as part of a drive to stop landlords carving up houses into ever smaller rooms to maximise rental income. Bedrooms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":171366,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/private-rents-in-great-britain-stop-rising-for-first-time-since-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":4},"title":"Private rents in Great Britain stop rising for first time since 2017","date":"April 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r More landlords having to cut prices to secure tenants, Rightmove data showsAverage private rents have stopped rising in Great Britain after almost a decade of increases, as more landlords cut their prices to secure a tenant, data shows.The typical advertised private rent outside London for properties coming on to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1328,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tories-reject-move-to-ensure-rented-homes-fit-for-human-habitation\/","url_meta":{"origin":2476,"position":5},"title":"Tories reject move to ensure rented homes fit for human habitation","date":"January 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour amendment to housing bill, aimed at holding landlords to account, is defeated as minister claims it would push up rentsConservative MPs have blocked a measure that would have forced landlords in England to ensure their properties were \u201cfit for human habitation\u201d.Labour said the measure, an amendment to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}