Do you know about changes to the gas safety rules? And about changes to the housing benefit component of Universal Credit? Did you know that EU and Commonwealth citizens can vote in local elections? To find out more about all that, about the database of criminal landlords and about CoCo2018, read on
Deductions from The Deposit. What Sort of Housing Do Older Renters Want? What’s #BetterRenting?
‘All good things must come to an end‘, the old saying goes, and where good, rented homes are concerned, the end is often when problems arise. Landlords and agents seem to believe that the property can be found in the same condition at the end of your tenancy as it was at the start. Anything less and they want to make to deductions from your deposit. There’s rarely proper consideration of what the… Read More »
Private Renters’ Charter for Tower Hamlets
On 29 June in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets Private Renters’ Charter was officially launched by Mayor John Biggs and Cllr. Sirajul Islam, the Deputy Mayor, who is also Cabinet Member for Housing. This event was the culmination of at least six months work for Policy Officer, Marc Lancaster. Back in February, Marc invited Renters’ Rights… Read More »
About Your Safety At Home
What Are You Doing on 8 June?
Whatever else we’re concerned with, we’re all concerned about the sorry state of renting. Although Theresa May keeps trying to convince us that the election on Thursday is all about Brexit, it isn’t only about Brexit. As well as the future of NHS, housing issues are high on the agenda and all the parties have made… Read More »
Agents’ Responsibilities & The Role of Trading Standards; Homelessness Reduction & The Rent Control Debate; Volunteer for Generation Rent….
HELLO RENTERS The Consultation is Open! Thank you very much indeed to everyone who has already been in touch about letting agents’ fees. We’ve found out about some absolutely shocking fees charged to renters around London. So far, fees for renewal of a tenancy seem to be the most unreasonable. It’s hard to justify charging… Read More »
A special offer from Zed Books; an invitation to join a South London housing co-op and more….
Hello Renters Thanks to Laurence at Zed Books, there’s a special offer on some relevant Spring reading. Lucky 30-somethings are invited to join a South London housing co-op seeking and everyone is invited to contribute to IPPR research. Agents’ Fees (again) Thank you very much indeed to everyone who has already been in touch about… Read More »
Agents’ Fees-What’s Your View?; Your Rights If You Rent Via An Agency; What About The Right To Build?
Hello Renters The weather feels slightly warmer than Londoners’ recent responses to the long-awaited Housing White Paper. “The best thing I can say about it is that it will have almost no impact on London” tweeted Greater London Assembly member, Tom Copley. Giles Peaker, the housing solicitor, put it still more succinctly “Meh”. There’s… Read More »
Cold Homes, With A Warm Invitation – January 2017 Newsletter
Hopefully, 2017 started well for you but the high volume of emails from renters wanting to know more about their rights in difficult circumstances strongly suggests that a lot of us are living through hard times. Cold homes are a particular problem. Read on to learn more about your rights to a warm home. And… Read More »
December 2016
Sign up to receive future newsletters via email I wanted to fill our last newsletter of the year with Seasonal good cheer and happily, there is some good news. There’s the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and how that links to The Renters’ Rights Bill. Then, the additional and selective licensing schemes that aim to raise standards… Read More »