{"id":5148,"date":"2016-02-18T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/eviction-is-the-last-refuge-for-poor-tenants-dawn-foster\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:34:25","slug":"eviction-is-the-last-refuge-for-poor-tenants-dawn-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/eviction-is-the-last-refuge-for-poor-tenants-dawn-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Eviction is the last refuge for poor tenants | Dawn Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCash-strapped social landlords are increasingly turfing out tenants hit by welfare cuts for whom homelessness is the only option. And the government stands byLast year, 170 people a day were evicted from their homes in England and Wales. Ministry of Justice figures reveal that a total of 42,728 households in rented accommodation were forcibly removed from their home by bailiffs during 2015: the highest number since records began in 2000.Landlord claims to repossess their properties because tenants had fallen into arrears fell between 2002 and 2010, then rose to the current level \u2013 53% higher than 2010 and 2% higher than 2014, exacerbated by the housing crisis and welfare cuts. The figures hide how many people are leaving their homes without the matter reaching court. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/feb\/18\/eviction-poor-tenants-social-landlords-homelessness-welfare-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">Eviction is the last refuge for poor tenants | Dawn Foster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Cash-strapped social landlords are increasingly turfing out tenants hit by welfare cuts for whom homelessness&#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-5148","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\/p75ss1-1l2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1096,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/number-of-tenants-evicted-hits-record-levels-as-benefit-cuts-bite\/","url_meta":{"origin":5148,"position":0},"title":"Number of tenants evicted hits record levels as benefit cuts bite","date":"November 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Figures show more than 30,000 tenants thrown out by end of September, which social landlords say is due to bedroom taxThe number of tenant households in England and Wales evicted from their homes hit record levels in the third quarter of the year, with cuts to social security among\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4432,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenant-evictions-reach-highest-level-on-record\/","url_meta":{"origin":5148,"position":1},"title":"Tenant evictions reach highest level on record","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r More than 250 tenants were evicted every day in England and Wales in 2015, according to Ministry of Justice figuresA total of 42,728 households in rented accommodation in England and Wales were evicted by bailiffs in 2015, official figures show \u2013 the highest number since records began in 2000.Housing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4146,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rents-fall-in-some-of-abu-dhabis-high-end-properties\/","url_meta":{"origin":5148,"position":2},"title":"Rents fall in some of Abu Dhabi&#039;s high-end properties","date":"February 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r Some upmarket Abu Dhabi landlords are starting to offer tenants small rent reductions as the low price of oil prompts the capital's housing market to soften. 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