{"id":62794,"date":"2017-08-04T21:29:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/give-us-a-paintbrush-ten-ways-to-make-the-housing-market-work-for-tenants-penny-anderson\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:38:48","slug":"give-us-a-paintbrush-ten-ways-to-make-the-housing-market-work-for-tenants-penny-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/give-us-a-paintbrush-ten-ways-to-make-the-housing-market-work-for-tenants-penny-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Give us a paintbrush! Ten ways to make the housing market work for tenants | Penny Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt may seem trivial, but giving renters more control over where they live and what they pay is essential to tackling bad landlordsPolitical parties, aware that tenants are a sizeable voting block, are vying to be seen to mend the UK\u2019s undeniably broken housing market. Housing and planning minister Alok Sharma supports building more homes for private rent, offering three-year, family-friendly tenancies at \u201caffordable\u201d rents.That\u2019s reasonable, of course \u2013 although of little help to those already suffering in the rental market. At last week\u2019s AGM of Living Rent (Scotland\u2019s tenants\u2019 union), everybody listened to stirring tales of defeating bad landlords, before splitting into groups to plan the next campaign. The resulting wish-list was simple. This is what we\u2019d like: Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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