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Articles tagged with: Tenants
Rent Strike: How low-income tenants face hard choices over how to make up housing benefit shortfalls
Communities
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Rent Strike: How low-income tenants face hard choices over how to make up housing benefit shortfalls
Tenants on low incomes in private housing face rent shortfalls of hundreds of pounds a year after the government froze housing benefit for a second year running, amounting to a real-terms benefit cut in most of England as living costs soar.
Under-regulated supported housing failed vulnerable tenants – a complete overhaul of the sector is needed
Communities
By Shabana Mahmood MP
Under-regulated supported housing failed vulnerable tenants – a complete overhaul of the sector is needed
“Too big to fail.” An expression that conjures up images of overleveraged investment banks and cavalier financiers, isn’t a phrase you would normally associate with a sector housing vulnerable people. Yet that’s exactly what’s being said about the providers of supported exempt accommodation.
The Tenant Fees Act is forcing tenants to choose between their pet and a roof over their head
Communities
By Jennifer Berezai
The Tenant Fees Act is forcing tenants to choose between their pet and a roof over their head
Under the Tenant Fees Act, many landlords opt for blanket "no pets" bans in their contracts. The Act should be amended to allow landlords to stipulate that insurance policies which cover tenants for pet damage is held.
After coronavirus, long term solutions are required to tackle the private rented sector
Communities
By Dods Monitoring
After coronavirus, long term solutions are required to tackle the private rented sector
Future legislation on rental reform could cover a lot of ground including property safety, short-term lets, Airbnb and rogue landlords.
Government bans all tenant evictions for duration of coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus
Government bans all tenant evictions for duration of coronavirus crisis
Evictions of tenants are to be banned while the Government tried to tackle the coronavirus crisis.