{"id":85758,"date":"2018-04-18T00:36:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-call-all-landlords-parasites-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T01:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T18:03:13","slug":"dont-call-all-landlords-parasites-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-call-all-landlords-parasites-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t call all landlords parasites | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLorraine Hewitt and Martin Cooper respond to a recent Guardian articleRhik Samadder\u2019s view of landlords (Landlords are social parasites. They don\u2019t deserve any awards, 16 April) does not reflect the true situation and is not the balanced reporting normally associated with the Guardian.We agree there are certainly many bad landlords, but there are also good ones. Bitter\u00a0experience taught us that when landlords have bad tenants there is little true protection for the landlord. Not all landlords are raking in money from poor quality housing. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Lorraine Hewitt and Martin Cooper respond to a recent Guardian articleRhik Samadder\u2019s view of landlords...<\/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-85758","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-mjc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85540,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-are-social-parasites-theyre-the-last-people-we-should-be-honouring-rhik-samadder\/","url_meta":{"origin":85758,"position":0},"title":"Landlords are social parasites. They\u2019re the last people we should be honouring | Rhik Samadder","date":"April 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The \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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138204,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renters-protest-against-rampant-profiteering-outside-landlords-convention\/","url_meta":{"origin":85758,"position":1},"title":"Renters protest against \u2018rampant profiteering\u2019 outside landlords\u2019 convention","date":"July 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK rents soarTenants facing soaring rents staged a protest against \u201crampant profiteering\u201d outside a landlord convention in London where investors were told how to \u201cbuild a \u00a325m property portfolio, using none of your own money\u201d.Dozens\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":106229,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/section-21-and-why-landlords-will-still-hold-all-the-keys-in-housing-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":85758,"position":2},"title":"Section 21 and why landlords will still hold all the keys in housing | Letters","date":"April 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r SP Chakravarty says the market is inherently rigged against renters, David Griffiths wants court procedures reformed and Rev Paul Nicolson says fighting evictions will be a challengeYou are too kind in your view of the consultation paper (Editorial: Better protections for \u2018generation rent\u2019 are welcome \u2013 but only a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":169289,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-should-buy-the-supply-of-housing-from-landlords-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":85758,"position":3},"title":"Labour should \u2018buy the supply\u2019 of housing from landlords | Letters","date":"January 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Si\u00e2n Berry MP responds to the news that landlords claim they are being pushed out of the market. 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