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Hat tip blog “Nearly legal” (I had no idea of this requirement nor that a landlord cannot serve a section 21 eviction notice if they do not provide a copy to a tenant.
“MHCLG has published a new ‘How to Rent Guide’ today, 10 December 2020. As…Read more…
This is from a hard hitting report by the Child Poverty Action Group. 37% of children in London (700,000 kids) live in poverty. It is projected to rise 2019-2021 to 41.5%. What a shameful statistic for one of the richest cities in the world. 2/3rds of …Read more…
“The Housing Crisis in London has over the past decade developed and manifested in a variety of forms.
From homeless citizens robbed of their rights to squat the plethora of empty residential properties that litter gilded neighbourhoods of London…Read more…
“A group of tenants is up in arms after their landlord announced a 40 per cent rent hike…
Eve Whitcombe and Jamil Khair (picture right) will have to pay a 40 per cent rent hike or leave their home of the past 18 years. Picture: Jon King
The neighbou…Read more…
Last Monday evening I attended a lively public meeting with One Housing Association tenants from across Newham, who are facing a 40% plus increase in their rents. These tenants are “key workers” who work in local hospitals, schools and social/care serv…Read more…
New figures show that house prices have been going up more than twice as fast as earnings since the recession. The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings came out today. ASHE is the most important source of information about earnings and hours worked and we’re always interested in what it shows about…Read more…
This article from National Housing Federation shows that not only are rents in UK the most expensive but double the European average.
A staggering 40% of income is spent on rent compared to 28% European average.
This means that workers have less mone…Read more…
Hat tip to progressive Housing blog “Redbrick” where I have stolen their arguments about Government housing plans and put my own slant on it. They highlight 10 problems with these plans for social housing :-“The new Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) – which precludes building for…Read more…
The UK is caught in a deepening housing crisis, which is particularly hitting younger people. House building is stuck at a historically low level meanwhile the waiting list for social housing has…Read more…