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Jul 3 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Both Labour and Tories claim the “only real way” to make renting affordable is to build more homes.
So let’s take a look at how their house building plans would impact rent costs 🧵
Both parties are promising similar numbers of new, mostly market rate, houses over the next 5y:
🔴 1.5m
🔵 1.6m
When adjusted for projected population growth and demolition, this would result in a net gain of approx 250k homes by 2030.
How would this affect rent?
May 10, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
❗️Breaking: Renters Reform Bill confirmed in Queen's Speech❗️
We’re pleased that plans for reform of private renting in England were confirmed.
While the detail of the legislation will follow in a White Paper 'to be released shortly'...
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#QueensSpeech#RentersAreWaiting
Highlights mentioned include:
❌ a long-awaited end to Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions
🏡 a Decent Homes Standard for privately rented homes
📋 the introduction of a ‘property portal’ (ie. landlord register)
Jan 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🏚️We recently conducted a snapshot survey of 500 ACORN members, looking at the issues affecting them as private renters.
ACORN brings people together to fight and win on the issues affecting our communities.
@ACORN_Bristol are currently running a campaign to #UnlockOurToilets, demanding that the council reopens 9 public toilets that have recently been closed.
In their words, “We rely on them for our basic dignity at work, in our leisure time or travelling around our city.
“They are essential for those of us with disabilities, those with bowel and bladder conditions, those of us without a home, and the elderly.”