{"id":85540,"date":"2018-04-16T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-are-social-parasites-theyre-the-last-people-we-should-be-honouring-rhik-samadder\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T11:03:54","slug":"landlords-are-social-parasites-theyre-the-last-people-we-should-be-honouring-rhik-samadder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-are-social-parasites-theyre-the-last-people-we-should-be-honouring-rhik-samadder\/","title":{"rendered":"Landlords are social parasites. They\u2019re the last people we should be honouring | Rhik Samadder"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe \u2018landlord of the year\u2019 is being announced but most buy-to-let opportunists make their tenants\u2019 lives hell \u2013 giving them a prize is like giving Stalin a humanitarian awardThe landlord of the year award is announced on Monday, bestowed by the home insurance provider Home Protect. \u201cLandlords often get a bad rap,\u201d the CEO explains on its website, and I\u2019ll stop him there. They don\u2019t get a bad enough rap.When they do make the news, you already know the story. Tory landlords dragging their absentee, ancient arses into parliament solely to vote down a bill that says rented properties should be \u201cfit for human habitation\u201d. \u201cLockdown\u201d landlords bleeding councils dry, installing vulnerable people in micro-units, with inadequate fire provisions, so they can soak up treble the housing benefit. Who can forget the competition in the Daily Mail that offered up a buy-to-let property as top prize? This, from a paper that crucifies scroungers. Scroungers being people who live off others, and shirk their responsibilities. But back to landlords, eh? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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