{"id":37986,"date":"2016-12-13T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hard-pressed-private-tenants-need-a-union-to-stand-up-for-their-rights-penny-anderson\/"},"modified":"2016-12-13T22:45:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:45:42","slug":"hard-pressed-private-tenants-need-a-union-to-stand-up-for-their-rights-penny-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hard-pressed-private-tenants-need-a-union-to-stand-up-for-their-rights-penny-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard-pressed private tenants need a union to stand up for their rights | Penny Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRevenge evictions, nonexistent repairs, legal terror \u2013 landlords hold all the cards. But thanks to groups like Acorn and Living Rent things are beginning to changeBeing a tenant is lonely. Where do they turn when landlords or letting agents bully them into paying more, unlawfully evict them, or refuse to carry out repairs? For once the news is good: the Bristol-based tenants rights group Acorn is looking to raise money to pay for staff in order to become a genuine nationwide tenants union, with all its concomitant admin costs. Living Rent (which campaigns for renting rights in Scotland) is also hiring a staff member. Related: Tenants need safe homes and landlords should be forced to provide them | Penny Anderson Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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