Almost 12 million people, a third of which are families, now live in largely unregulated, private rented housing. Only last year Conservative MPs, many of whom are themselves landlords, rejected a bill that would require landlords to make their properties ‘fit for human habitation’. After decades of state privatisation and cost cutting, private renters are … Continue reading
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The Housing Bill: Legislation for the social cleansing of London
The Housing and Planning Bill is one of the most dangerous and far-reaching pieces of legislation passed in this country in a long time. Yet its true impact has been unreported in the mainstream press and is largely unknown to the people it will most affect. Far from addressing the so-called housing ‘crisis’, it has … Continue reading