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đ˘ UNVEILED: The âRenters Deserve Betterâ gallery.
Every photo, story and word here is real â sent in from one of Englandâs 10 million renters. Today, we delivered it to Westminster to show the government why we deserve better than this broken, unfair system.
Every photo, story and word here is real â sent in from one of Englandâs 10 million renters. Today, we delivered it to Westminster to show the government why we deserve better than this broken, unfair system.
The new Housing Minister @redditchrachel has picked an urgent brief in government â to give renters the security and rights we deserve, delivered through the long-awaited #RentersReformBill.
The Bill must be top priority - and this gallery is proof.
The Bill must be top priority - and this gallery is proof.
Renters have been failed for too long. Now, the Minister has the power to change rentersâ lives for the better. Thatâs why weâre at her offices at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
Amelia explains more đ
Amelia explains more đ
đ¨'No kidsâ win đ¨
Mum of four and NHS nurse Lexi has won a landmark complaint, finding 'no kids' rental practices to be unfair.
This is a HUGE win and sets a precedent: letting agents who bar renters with children will be in breach of The Property Ombudsman Code of Practice.đ§ľ
Mum of four and NHS nurse Lexi has won a landmark complaint, finding 'no kids' rental practices to be unfair.
This is a HUGE win and sets a precedent: letting agents who bar renters with children will be in breach of The Property Ombudsman Code of Practice.đ§ľ
'Our children were being discriminated against and no one was listening.'
Lexi was handed a Section 21 âno-faultâ eviction on Christmas Eve 2020. In a stressful hunt for a new home, she found landlords or letting agents repeatedly refused to rent to a family with four children.
Lexi was handed a Section 21 âno-faultâ eviction on Christmas Eve 2020. In a stressful hunt for a new home, she found landlords or letting agents repeatedly refused to rent to a family with four children.
Our legal team supported Lexi to challenge this injustice. And finally, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) confirmed that blanket bans on renting to parents are a breach of their Code of Practice for Letting Agents.
As part of the #RentersReformBill, the government is proposing that we move from fixed-term tenancies to open-ended ones. But what does this actually mean for renters? Time for another housing thread đ
If youâre a private renter in England, the chances are that you have whatâs called an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST). This includes a mixture of fixed term and periodic tenancies. Whatâs the difference between the two, we hear you ask? Letâs start with fixed term tenancies đ
A fixed term tenancy commits both a landlord and tenant for an agreed period â typically 6 or 12 months. During this time:
â Landlords canât serve a Section 21 eviction notice
â Tenants canât leave without the landlordâs agreement
â Rent (typically) wonât go up
â Landlords canât serve a Section 21 eviction notice
â Tenants canât leave without the landlordâs agreement
â Rent (typically) wonât go up
