Opinion: The Land-Hoarding Elite Should Be Paying the Rest of Us Rent
Philip Goff
It’s time to radically overhaul how we think about property rights, argues philosopher Philip Goff. We need a universal rent.
Tag: landlords
Ash Wednesday: Why Owning Stuff Is Better Than Working
Is there such a thing as a good landlord? Britain is being held hostage by a class of people whose only talent is owning stuff, and extracting money from people who don’t. Rents have doubled in the decade following the financial crisis, and the average house price is between 8 and 14 times the average […]
Report: A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started
Rivkah Brown
In a historic victory for renters everywhere, Somerford Grove Renters successfully sued their lawyered-up landlord and are now preparing dozens more suits. If successful, they stand to win half a million pounds. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Housing Security Transformed My Mental Health
Aaron Bastani
We can’t solve the mental health crisis until we solve the housing crisis, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Police Brutality in Bristol Has Shocked the Country. Why Won’t the City’s Labour Politicians Condemn It?
Anna Lart Greene
Labour’s complicity with police savagery is an insult to Bristolians, one they are unlikely to forget come 6 May, writes Bristol student and Labour activist Anna Lart Greene.
Novara Live: Shamima Begum Can’t Come Home
The Supreme Court have ruled Shamima Begum has no right to return to Britain to appeal the removal of her citizenship. Is the UK abdicating responsibility?
Opinion: Until He Starts Talking About Rent Caps, Keir Starmer Isn’t Serious About Championing Business
Aaron Bastani
For all his posturing, Keir Starmer’s efforts to recast Labour as the party of business are entirely cosmetic, argues Aaron Bastani. If he really wanted to address the challenges businesses face, he’d be talking about rent caps.
Report: Student Rent Strikers Don’t Just Want a Refund – They Want to Smash Capitalism
Sophie K Rosa
Students across the UK are staging the biggest rent strike in almost half a century. Despite the new challenges posed by this lockdown, the strikers are only growing, both in numbers and political vision. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: No, Renters Still Can’t Rely on the Government to Protect Them
Beth Redmond
With the announcement of another lockdown, the government has extended mortgage holidays for homeowners – but still isn't supporting renters. Beth Redmond argues when it comes to renters rights, we can't rely on the government to protect us.
Analysis: What Would Jesus Do? Cancel the Rent
Francis Brewer
The UK is facing a massive, and avoidable, debt crisis. Throughout history, the cancellation of debts has been used as a safety valve against social and economic collapse - and now's the time to reopen it. If it’s good enough for Christ, argues writer and activist Francis Brewer, it’s good enough for us.
Opinion: Covid-19 Has Shown University Isn’t About Educating Young People – It’s About Exploiting Them
Aaron Bastani
The spectacle of student lockdowns at British universities may seem absurd. But it’s just the logical conclusion of a system in which everything - including higher education - is subordinated to the interests of rentiers, landlords and big business, writes Aaron Bastani.
Report: The Tenants Taking on Their Billionaire Landlord
Sophie K Rosa
A group of tenants in east London is locked in a battle with a billionaire landlord who wants to evict them for organising during the pandemic. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: London Councils Paid Private Landlords £15.8m in a Year to Get Them to Rent to Homeless Families
Nye Jones
Exclusive: Data obtained by Novara Media shows that London councils are paying landlords costly incentives to house tenants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in private rented properties - many of them in poor condition. Nye Jones reports.
Stopping Evictions Is Not Enough. We Need a Rent Freeze Now
Charlotte England
Boris Johnson's new law lets landlords profit from the coronavirus crisis, but Britain's tenants' unions are organising to demand a rent freeze. Charlotte England reports.
Ash Wednesday: Housing Is F**ked
Do you ever get the feeling that life just isn’t as fair as it used to be? Here’s 3 ways in which the UK housing sector is completely and utterly f**ked.
What Should Rent Controls Actually Do?
Gordon Maloney
There is a broad consensus across the population that rent controls are a good idea. But they aren’t always radical, or even that progressive. Gordon Maloney outlines the kind of rent controls we should fight for, and how it is we should fight for them.
5 Lies Landlords Tell About Rent Controls
Gordon Maloney
The Labour leadership election has seen Jeremy Corbyn renew his proposals for rent controls, and the industry response has been as predictable as it is completely devoid of truth or evidence.
5 Things C4’s ‘Crashing’ Tells Us about Property Guardians and the Housing Crisis
Gloria Dawson
Channel 4’s comedy series Crashing is halfway through and the laughs are a bit sparse. Nevertheless, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s series breaks new territory by being the first fictional representation of property guardianship on our screens.