Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days
Rivkah Brown
Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.
Tag: housing
Sit Down, Relax, Have a Holiday – Welcome to Being a Landlord
Rivkah Brown attended the National Landlord Investment Show in London where landlords gather to complain about renters and share tips on how to increase their portfolios.
Opinion: The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither
Aaron Bastani
Property owners need a reality check, writes Aaron Bastani. But it's easier to understand their anger over soaring mortgage rates when you consider what the housing boom replaced.
Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords
Ell Folan
Four in 10 Tory voters say ALAB, writes Ell Folan, while 71% of the country thinks landlords who commit housing offences should be jailed.
Feature: Did Riot Police Illegally Evict a Homeless Shelter?
Rivkah Brown
Earlier this month, around 100 riot cops descended on a homeless shelter in east London. The police insist everything was above board. Evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: These Nuns Helped the Homeless Until They Showed Up On Their Doorstep
Rivkah Brown
When squatters set up a homeless shelter in a disused convent, they thought the nuns – whose religious order prides itself on helping the homeless – might show mercy. They called the police. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: This Housing Association Was Started to End Slum Landlords. Then It Became One
Andrew Kersley
Notting Hill Genesis was set up by a social activist to deal with ‘damnable housing conditions’. Now its residents are complaining of exactly that.
Feature: Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?
Rivkah Brown
Two months after their state-sanctioned slum burned down, killing one of their housemates, six of the Tower Hamlets fire survivors remain homeless. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Glasgow Flats Demolition ‘On the Wrong Side of History’, Experts Say
Simon Childs
Scotland’s biggest social landlord is planning to demolish 600 homes even though the IPCC says retrofitting is key to stopping climate catastrophe.
Opinion: I Live in a Housing Co-op. But No One Really Escapes London’s Accommodation Crisis Anymore
Charlotte England
When Charlotte England’s housing coop was built in the 1970s, it was intended as a choice; one option among many. But the rental crisis has made it increasingly difficult for people to leave, and changed what it feels fair to ask for from a home.
Long Read: How to Make a Home in a Housing Crisis
Sophie K Rosa
It can be hard for alternative ways of living to endure when they defy the brutal, capitalist logic of private property, writes Sophie K Rosa in her new book Radical Intimacy. But everywhere - and even as conditions worsen - people are homemaking out of the rubble.
Report: Manchester Uni ‘Brutally’ Evicts Student Rent Strikers, in Potential Breach of Protest Rights
Rivkah Brown
On Wednesday, Manchester University sent bailiffs to boot out student occupiers in what legal experts say could be a major breach of their rights. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman
Rivkah Brown
Last weekend a man died after a fire broke out in his council-run slum. Under Michael Gove’s new plans, he could be blamed for his own death, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Bailiffs Are Dressing Up Like Police Officers to Scare Tenants Out of Their Homes
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: S&K property enforcement is showing up to homes wearing outfits that look like police uniforms.
Report: London Renter Left Homeless After Black Mould Complaints Go Unanswered for Years
Andrew Kersley
Foxtons didn’t fix Luis Marmolejo’s black mould problem for two years. Then they served an eviction notice.
Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition
Simon Childs
Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.
Report: Manchester Students Are Going on Rent Strike Again
Rivkah Brown
Their first strike won them millions and inspired thousands of UK students to withhold their rent. Now, students at Manchester University are gearing up for round two. Rivkah Brown reports.
Feature: Welcome to Renting While Black
Carla Abreu
More than one in 10 Black and Asian people have found it hard to find a safe home because of discrimination. Carla Abreu speaks to some of them.