{"id":82977,"date":"2018-03-17T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/homeless-crisis-how-the-state-pays-the-rich-to-exploit-the-poor\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T07:05:34","slug":"homeless-crisis-how-the-state-pays-the-rich-to-exploit-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/homeless-crisis-how-the-state-pays-the-rich-to-exploit-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless crisis: how the state pays the rich to exploit the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLandlords carving up a home into micro-flats can net \u00a350,000 a year. And it\u2019s taxpayers who foot the billEvery day 64-year-old former boxer, Ian Ford*, who suffers from crippling arthritis, climbs three flights of stairs to his tiny cell-like flat over a betting shop in south London. \u201cI have to feel my way because loads of times there\u2019s no lighting,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve fallen a couple of times. If there was a fire I\u2019d never get out.\u201dFord\u2019s flat \u2013 which at 19 sq metres falls below the government\u2019s minimum space standard of 37\u00a0sq\u00a0metres for one-bedroom flats \u2013 is covered in blooms of dark mould. \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting. I keep wiping it down but two days later it\u2019s back,\u201d he says. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Landlords carving up a home into micro-flats can net \u00a350,000 a year. 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