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Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Reports in the i said Labour MP Ali, who has been homelessness minister since July 2024, gave tenants notice to leave the London townhouse she owns before putting it back on the market for £700 a month more
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
Members of Acorn tenants union were also branded ‘fascists’ at a meeting of the Eastern Landlords Association, causing renters to brand the comments ‘out of order’
Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants
Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants
Surging mortgage rates could see record rents growing further as affected landlords look to cover the rising cost of borrowing
These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges
These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges
40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits
40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits
Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year
Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year
Renters to hold protests across England this weekend over ‘broken system’
