Evicted: The grim reality of Britain's private rental market

[@AverageJane222]

We need mass building of council homes - not housing association - proper council houses that offer secure tenancies and affordable rents that are re-invested back into the system. On top of that - Rent Control in the private sector. Britain is a rip off - a disco for those at the top and misery for the rest of us.

[@danielcarver936]

We need to go further. We need to bring in a law that states a percentage of housing that exists MUST be social housing that belongs to a council or a social housing group.

[@skagamnesia1972]

They would only give them to the so called asylum seekers . They are top priority , people around where I live been on council housing list 10 years +

[@tea-chip-cookies]

Agreed.

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@Medieval peasant And have plenty left over. And let's be real, making money hand over fist for simply owning property is a disco, it's the easy life in a nutshell

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@Medieval peasant I mean, take the anecdote with a pinch of salt, but all the landlords I've known just hand their properties off to a management company so they can sit in fancy cafes all day drinking overpriced coffee

[@rainy.d7404]

I feel for the stress this lady endured. Children are also suffering as they get moved away from their schools and friends. A home is not just a roof but it's also a way to stay connected to a support system and community. These evictions are displacing families and traumatising them. It's going to cause long term mental health issues for children and adults. Empathy is dying and greed is running rampant through our society.

[@Mo0n1111]

The government has failed Britain for too long! 💔

[@damienmorrison7226]

@cliff heywood shut up

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Britain voted the government in, who's really to blame.

[@8ofwands300]

I'm just wondefing: don't t they have leases in the UK? I mean that establishes the rights and duties of the tenant and landlord...and also sets expectations.

[@harpsailorharp6716gg]

Puts uk people Last this evil Goverment

[@pattersonellen]

Yes, the Conservative government is blameshifting even though they've been in power for 12 years. No Rishi Sunak, it's not the mayor's fault, its YOU who have decided to let foreign buyers buy up houses for cash.

[@MizMite2002]

I moved 10 times in 9 yrs and in that time I applied for social housing and got it in July. I feel for people trying to rent and make a home. I never put pictures on the wall for fear of eviction.

[@M3PH11]

you only have to go round and polyfil the holes anyway when you leave

[@rog3833]

@@M3PH11 Tried that - and they still tried to keep the deposit for "damage" lol. Depends if you got a scumbag landlord :p🙃

[@jamespsyfer]

Housing has been transformed from housing people.. a home.., seems like a marketisation excercise… greed/profits trump your rights to have a home.. you are just a go between and when you are no longer profitable enough.. some landlords will just get rid of you.. and sadly they have by the sound of it. Hopefully housing rights will strengthen at some point… although Brexit etc may just diminish your rights further? I wish you luck 👍👍👍

[@TomNook.]

Now I finally understand why my dad pushed and pushed me to save for my own house, whilst my friends were chilling with rent. My house, my rules.

[@danh5637]

is it paid off or do you still owe mortgage on it?

[@ep1929]

@@danh5637 I'd suspect the mortgage is quite a bit cheaper than renting.

[@juneasia7875]

@@ep1929 depends on how much deposit you have. Currently I can't afford to buy a 2 bed flat but I can afford to rent a bed flat. Although it is still expensive.

[@inerit5175]

Good thing you listened to your dad! Some dont listen!!!

[@Coastpsych_fi99]

Same, my mum has drummed it into our head the importance of getting a deposit for the house/property and education.

[@blondie7341]

I'm Emma from the video. When I first started getting involved in bringing awareness to this issue I was so so nervous about speaking on camera etc, but I've been interviewed on the news, on radio 5, and for numerous online and paper news articles, and it has taken me from a place of feeling so alone to now knowing I'm not alone. When I went through the eviction I had no one to help or advise or even talk to, I had to pay thousands in moving fees and storage costs, and then having to move out of the county meant I had to drive over 300 miles per week to keep my 7 year old in his school. I was spending £75+ every week just to take him and collect him from school. I had no support really and my mental health took a huge hit. But without that happening I wouldn't be involved in this and I will continue to shout from the rooftops til we can change things. An hour long interview was condensed down into this 8 minute video so there's lots of detail that wasn't able to be included I guess, but I'm still glad I did it. Edited to add: I AM now working again, and had always worked straight out of college. I have a health problem (gynae related) which has had an effect on my weight and wider health. Not that that has ANYTHING to do with what happened to me and my son, but comments have been made here and I wanted to clear that up for anyone else who wanted to make insulting remarks about me. The reason i didn't look my best is because this interview was done last minute and I had just got home from work, out in the community helping old and vulnerable people. I paid my landlord 6 months rent up front when I moved into her property and was able to do so after I had a long service redundancy pay out from my previous company. Me not having a job at that time impacted my landlord in NO way shape or form. I paid on time every time. I kept the property as if it were my own, passed all inspections with flying colours and in fact, the agents were so appalled at what the landlord had done that they gave me a glowing reference letter to try to help in renting a new property. This did not happen to me and my son because I wasn't working. It happened because my landlord was a selfish %£@#!&÷!!

[@markdavids2511]

Why didn’t you change your sons school?, that’s on you Emma.

[@blondie7341]

@@markdavids2511 maybe use the cognitive abilities I'm assuming you were born with, because I explained why in the video 🤦‍♀️🙄 You know.... because I love my son? Duh

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Put the rude remarks down to the ignorance and the lack of maturity of those who make them!

[@slayer2608]

Well done Emma you and your son deserve the world

[@gooderspitman8052]

The private landlords are the biggest beneficiaries and fiddlers of the benefit system.

[@frmcf]

Indeed. Housing Benefit has been a massive transfer of public money to private hands. I doubt it's much different under 'Universal Credit'.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Absolute parasites who rely on housing benefit then call their tenants "scroungers"

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

NOT WRONG LIKE-TOTALLY PROFITEERING

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

NOT WRONG LIKE-TOTALLY PROFITEERING

[@LordBillington42]

I left the UK in June after 35 years, never thought it would happen. Only after leaving have I truly realised how impossible it is to build a life there, and how comparatively easy it is in almost any other developed nation.

[@frmcf]

Housing was a small factor in my leaving the UK and a big factor in my not going back.

[@ben8878]

Where did you go to?

[@stephanguitar9778]

It's no better in Australia or New Zealand unless you are on a minimum of £50kpa as a starting point.

[@damianmoran1512]

Same here best move i ever made

[@LordBillington42]

@@ben8878 United States. My wife found a job that more than doubled her income. All the jobs I'm applying for would pay me more than double what I made in the UK. The pound is so week against the dollar now it's an absolute joke. We were able to buy a city centre apartment for £250k with 5% down and 3% locked in interest rate. Pension plans put in a 5-10% match of your income each year. I'm on my wife's medical insurance and I got a full blood test for the first time in my life for 25 bucks. I could keep on going for a while about how 'the basics' in the UK have become almost impossible to attain (steady income and job security, some career advancement, ability to save, ability to own property, ability to have some expendable income, access to the healthcare you need etc.). I'm pretty bitter that we tried everything we could to make it work honestly in the UK and all I felt was some invisible force standing on my chest the whole time, keeping me from a stable existence. The saddest thing is I know we had it relatively easy, and that others do not have the options I had. I don't see a way out for the UK.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

The landlord that owned the house next to us doesn't even live in the UK. Heard the woman renting it, who'd been there since we moved into our house, asking if they'd actually repair the windows because for quite a while there was a crack in the bathroom window and then a hole. The landlord said no then shortly after put the house up for sale so she had to leave. What an arsehole.

[@evolutionxbox]

As someone who’s thought about being a landlord, I’m finding it that I can’t bring myself to rent it out my property. I never want this to happen by my hand.

[@tompearce3610]

Appreciate there are costs to being a landlord but if you can afford it, you could be an ethical landlord. Social housing isn't going to happen anytime soon so we need fair landlords...

[@stop-the-greed]

@@tompearce3610 you can contact your local government who will help if you join a social housing scheme .. but look it up first .

[@tompearce3610]

@@stop-the-greed trouble is there just aren't enough affordable houses. I can't see that improving because we need so many and that's if more sales aren't pushed through making worse.

[@randomdaveUK]

@@tompearce3610 can make it happen by restricting ownership of new builds (on certain developments) to those without an extra property (moving house is obviously fine) Stopping buy to rent by large rich groups buying up dozens in one go. Build enough and restrict ownership in this way and there will be affordable homes for millions more people in time. Effectively the same as grade listing stopping new development or additions to a property. It's not exactly the capitalist way but we need a change urgently to help people

[@tompearce3610]

@@randomdaveUK good ideas but I think you need a govt that wants that. Where you're an MP with multiple houses, especially when you rent then out and/or you get paid by property businesses then theres an incentive to support the status quo. Sadly those hit hardest don't vote in their own interests or often at all.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

energy bill increase from peer nations : Italy 89%, Germany 38%, USA 6%, France 4% : The UK 178% and by the end of the year over 400% increase. There is a lot this government can do and they are doing non of it, because they care more about big business profits some of which are going to the French government as they own EDF. They care more about those profits, than the people of this country of which some will not make it through the winter.

[@theoriginalrecycler]

Profiteering on part of the energy companies

[@theoriginalrecycler]

Name and shame the landlord

[@stephanguitar9778]

Worst government in living memory. We thought Thatcher was evil but today is far worse. I suppose it has taken 40 years, with a minor hiatus under Labour (who failed dismally on housing policy) to reach this level of political depravity in the UK

[@tompearce3610]

@@theoriginalrecycler companies are in business to make a profit, that's the whole point. It's like employees go to work to earn money. The issue is how taxes are applied, wealth distributed and the less well off supported. It's pointless attacking the companies, it will have literally no effect. It's govt policy that needs attacking.

[@theoriginalrecycler]

@@tompearce3610 rubbish, the energy companies are profiting from the war between Ukraine and Russia. You may recall there was no energy shortage for the previous 2 years, and then everyone was at home using heat light and power.

[@TheMrReee]

I feel for this Lady, I'm currently on my 2nd private rent eviction inside a year, no fault of my own, the landlord chose eviction rather than do any repairs. I'm going to sue both the landlord and the agent for breech of contract.

[@theghostoftom]

Good luck, best wishes for a successful sue.

[@TheMrReee]

@@theghostoftom cheers fella 👍

[@whiteweewee5961]

How was you evicted if you was in contract? Once you are out of contract you get 1 month to get out. Landlords need protection as well

[@TheMrReee]

@@whiteweewee5961 I'm in contract and the landlord posted a notice to quit. A landlord doesn't need a reason to evict in England, only 3 months notice.

[@whiteweewee5961]

@@TheMrReee you can only serve a section 21 eviction once you are out of the fixed period. If you are in the fixed period you can't be evicted unless you are in breach of your contract. I suspect you was served the section 21 during the fixed period, but the 3 month notice means you leave one month after the fixed. Government guidelines are clear on this

[@mrseaweed88]

A home is not just a building to live in. It's a place you know your safe where you believe that you can relax when your tired. This is not what a lot of houses are anymore and frankly I'm appalled at this government for letting people live off literal human misery

[@JayGriffinblaze]

They're landlords themselves!

[@charlottewilsonrowlands3820]

Our landlady is selling our house. We have lived there for 10 years. The market has gone up and we're really struggling to find somewhere. Both of us are in full time employment but soon we will have jobs but not a home. Council can only offer bnb not good for our kid. Not slept properly for weeks. Where do they think we are going to live on stagnated salaries. We have paid 80k in rent. Sad that I'm nearly 40. Can't see it changing.

[@danw5760]

She is so awful you lived in her property for ten years

[@tompearce3610]

@@danw5760 I think the approach to social housing and the rental sector is appalling. That said, you don't know why she's selling and you don't necessarily know the tenants have been great. They sound genuine but I think it's dangerous to assume anything with half a story. Some landlords are awful but some are good and sometimes personal circumstances change on either side of the transaction. I still think there should be more protection for tenants and some sort of rent controls regardless of the above.

[@danw5760]

@@tompearce3610 if she has been there ten years I think it's safe to say that the landlord can't be too bad

[@tompearce3610]

@@danw5760 I thought the same but you never know. I think the social housing and rental sector needs reforming but demonising landlords or tenants seems like a way to avoid that conversation.

[@charlottewilsonrowlands3820]

@Matt THX it certainly feels like it after 10 years, but what I meant was it's our 'home' her house, if you get me. Its really not the landlady's fault. Her mortgage is ridiculous and she doesn't have loads of houses. Just this one. I'm not portioning blame on her, we are lucky to have luved here so long. It's a sad state of affairs at the moment.

[@ujean56]

How, in the 21st century do governments around the world not understand that housing is a top priority? It's shocking.

[@1292liam]

governments don't work for the people (thats a mirage), they work for corporations and the elite, who rule the politicians

[@dazzag371]

Cause many mps are house hoarders

[@CarolineEccleston-q9c]

They understand full well, It's all about greed and your questioning this obvious fact is indicative of gullibility, I'm afraid. Corrupt EU governments have been encouraging reckless immigration since its formation. The West is post-Christian, neo-pagan, decadent and rotten to the core. Moral decay across the culture has led to a pervasive attitude of entitlement, engagement of every appetite and the average Westerner has been led by the nose into its own destruction. The "bad old days" were by contrast, much better for MORE people, where the average family was intact, promiscuity was despised, and the general population had a general sense of duty and responsibility. Current conditions were entirely predictable by those "mean" old people, commonly called conservative, who saw the Western culture going down the toilet.

[@neilsidaway3172]

Well, if the Tories hadn’t have sold off all the council houses and done away with rent capping we wouldn’t be in this position….but that wouldn’t help all their rich party members and their mates in the banking industry would it.

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

Don't forget all the Tory MPs that are landlords themselves

[@nickssurplus]

Have you thought about the 10 million people who have come here in the last 10 years. 1.2 million people where given Visas to stay last year, where are they going to go ? That is the ones we no of Even with the best will in the world not selling off the Council houses would have covered this

[@nickssurplus]

@@krytenfivetwothreep2485 There are quiet a few Labour MPs that are landlords too Or does that not fit your narrative ?

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@@nickssurplus I know, but they're not the ones shafting the country right now. I've got plenty of criticism for Labour, but they're not the ones in power and they're not the topic of this conversation. You're doing a whataboutism

[@holamad]

@@nickssurplus how many years have we colonized India, Africa and the rest of the world?

[@Dylanesque]

It seems the only people who have any rights are those with money. The more money, the more rights. . Council houses should never have been sold to private buyers.

[@darciefoerster4877]

Well most people with money Work!

[@Dylanesque]

@@growsethjones7249 So council house tenants then became private buyers and their houses eventually went on the open market when they decided to move up the property ladder.

[@LadyGds]

Buying house after house, after house, shouldn't be allowed - she's absolutely right about that. But let's face it, it's a Monopoly out there and the one with all the cards, wins! This is the sad reality of humanity today.

[@eugenehenry6951]

If by some chance Emma sees this comment: You're a hero. Standing up for your son, stepping forward in public to raise awareness of this awful private rental market. Such a powerful video that will stir up a lot of anger. I agree that all of these issues are intertwined. Whilst workers and those on benefits are demonised, Shelter has revealed that there is quite likely a link between housing security and the ability to find and hold down a job. Those with insecure housing were - I think - 20% less likely to find work (I'm guessing that the shame that Emma has spoken of in this video is a huge contributing factor). But, what do I know.

[@blondie7341]

Thanks Eugene, I appreciate your words hugely (this is me in the video). When I first started getting involved in bringing awareness to this issue I was so so nervous about speaking on camera etc, but I've been interviewed on the news, on radio 5, and for numerous online and paper news articles, and it has taken me from a place of feeling so aline to now knowing I'm not alone. When I went through the eviction I had no one to help or advise or even talk to, I had to pay thousands in moving fees and storage costs, and then having to move out of the county meant I had to drive over 300 miles per week to keep my 7 year old in his school. I was spending £75+ every week just to take him and collect him from school. I had no support really. But without that happening I wouldn't be involved in this and I will continue to shout from the rooftops til we can change things. An hour long interview was condensed down into this 8 minute video so there's lots of detail that wasn't able to be included I guess, but I'm still glad I did it. Thanks again for your kind words

[@ashtt837]

👌👊

[@Allezlesbleusful]

Shelter are a joke. The self licking lolly if ever. A lot of their acitons have contributed to the poor supply of homes as they drive landlords away, which enables them to bang on about the housing market more and ad infinitum. Do you know how many people Shelter house overy year from their £70 million plus income? None, a big fat zero. Never ever have they housed anyone. Pay their staff well though and have nice shiney offices in expensive areas.

[@eugenehenry6951]

@@blondie7341 Emma, I was so pleased to see your response. You touched on something that really hit me: we can find such strength when we realise we aren’t alone. I cannot believe how we allow families to live in such precarious circumstances in one of the wealthiest countries on the planet. It really feels like time for me to put aside all my insecurities and get involved in the fight for a fair and just society. Seeing you step up has given me a little nudge.

[@lorenzomag100]

@@blondie7341 Hi Emma,Ive just watched your video,I'm so sorry that happened to you and your son,and I'm so hoping you have found a permanent home by now? My partner and I are going through the same hell as you did,We have to vacate our home in a couple of weeks time,We are both in our 70's and can't afford the prices that landlords are now charging in their increased rents,This is all making us both ill with worry,as we may become homeless soon,because of no fault of our own,We've both worked all our lives,paid our taxes,and stamps ect.never claimed benefits.but now feel so worthless and dejected

[@owhite1984]

My private landlord upped my rent 50% last month, trying to get it in before it's made illegal to do so. Cheers Dan Whelan...

[@user-tk7kz1fl2r]

Every property has a rental value. Landlords cannot do that as it would remove them from the market. If you left that property, no one is going to be prepared to pay 50% above it's rental value. Absolutely no one. No landlord can charge 4k for a three bed house that has similar properties all at 2k!! It doesn't happen. Usually contracts are in place too. Did he increse it by 50 pc as it was previously below its value?

[@ryancarter6922]

@@user-tk7kz1fl2r Landlords can charge what they like. If they raise your rent from £800 a month to £800,000 a month, there’s fuck all you can do. We should be grateful that our slave masters show us mercy......

[@allip4226]

@@user-tk7kz1fl2r Love how you are trying to tell this poster what “wouldn’t happen” in their situation which you know nothing at all about. Typical right-wing know-nothing who thinks they know it all.

[@katarzynamariamuszynska2811]

50%?

[@SquirrelKnight50]

Time to end no fault evictions.

[@715michala]

Amen.I hope I never rent again.

[@swineheartdoppleganger5516]

Unless the landlord wants their property back to sell..

[@715michala]

@@swineheartdoppleganger5516 yes but they could change their mind so they should either have a mortgage or tenant in rent arrears .it can get pretty malicious if they attempt to lie about " selling up' just to get rid of folk they don't like on a whim

[@anneroy4560]

@@swineheartdoppleganger5516 they could easily sell with an existing tenant ... they do in Canada ...

[@frmcf]

In grown-up countries that recognise that housing is a human right, the following would have happened: - The landlady would notify you of her intention to sell. This might be informally at first, but she would have to put it in writing at some point. - Your tenancy would be completely unaffected, at least during the life of your contract. Prospective buyers would have to know and accept that they were buying a property with a sitting tenant. - You might be asked to facilitate reasonable visits/inspections. - As this is recognised as your home, you have first refusal to buy it yourself if you are able. Once a formal offer is made and accepted in principle, you have the right to match it. - If someone else does buy the house, and intends to eventually live there, they *may* be able to refuse to renew your contact when it's up, but only if it's going to be their primary residence.

[@blondie7341]

The landlord wasn't selling, which I thought I made clear in the video? She lied to try to make me leave without a fuss

[@frmcf]

@@blondie7341 It's very clear in the video, but I'm saying that the landlord selling shouldn't even be a reason to leave! Your tenancy should carry over to the new owner. That's the way it works in many European countries. I've had a landlady notify me of her intention to sell. She wasn't saying "get out", she was saying "have a think about if you want to buy it. If not, then maybe you'll have a new landlord soon"

[@JayGriffinblaze]

@@blondie7341 Section 21 of the Housing Act. Awful law the Cons will NEVER repeal. The no fault eviction notice.

[@belindakennedy5828]

The system is designed to make it hard to own your own home ,or land to build on or even get permission to build on your OWN land.

[@CyclingSteve]

Buy to let has caused this, multiple mortgages should not be possible.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

We should extend that to all credit.

[@dean8282]

Who scrapped the rent cap... Thatcher.... who flogged off our services... Thatcher....

[@JP-sm4cs]

No one should be allowed to own more than 2 residential buildings. One to live in and one to rent (for students or seasonal workers who need homes for example), or use as a second home if work demands, or a seasonal home, but the second home can't be left empty for more than 6 months. And you can only rent based on a rent control for that area based on the council tax band. If you want to invest in property then invest in businesses instead of sucking the life out of working people in the most low-skill job imaginable. This is coming from someone who's rented and also been a Tennant. Being a landlord is the easiest money you'll ever get and if you treat people badly when they're giving you such easy money you're beyond a scumbag.

[@tooladdict7463]

My guess is that you’re not a landlord you haven’t received a deposit. You haven’t mortgaged a huge amount of money you haven’t refurbish properties you haven’t processed and vetted tenants you haven’t got up At 2 o’clock in the morning to fix problems so how would you know how easy is?

[@WillowTheWisp534]

Must be so hard owning multiple properties while charging people for the basic right of shelter /s

[@kirishima638]

My private land lady increased my rent a just last week and continues to threaten to sell up. She is absolutely useless. Anything that needs fixing is up to me. I've been trying to find a new place but it's impossible.

[@hobodays1284]

Start documenting disrepair and do all conversations in writing or email if possible. Take photos and leave a paper trail. You'll thank yourself later

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

EVERY GREEDY LANDLORD WILL HAVE THEIR OWN DAY AND THEIR FALL WILL BE HARDER THAN THOSE THEY SHOWED NO MERCY TO! Psalms 109?

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

@@1292liam HE WHO LAUGHS FIRST DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE THE LAST LAUGH 😹. IT MUST BE GREAT TO BE IGNORANT AND OBLIVIOUS TO THE SUFFERING OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, EH? ONE DAY, YOU WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW. 👁 AND, I KNOW!!

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

RELIGION NO-A BOOK OF WISDOM, YOU SHOULD READ IT SOMETIME AND COME TO SEE IF YOU CAN GRASP ANY OF THE CONCEPTS THAT PERTURBED YOU. Have a great life, it’s a long road without a turn!!!

[@MosherMike]

Landlords are low life leeches, however as a tenant, you have to accept you are at their mercy, particuarly if you can't pay the rent, for whatever reason/excuse. Horrible dynamic to be in.

[@coolsunday6339]

If you can't pay the rent! Are you execting the owner to let you live in their property for free?

[@CyclingSteve]

@@coolsunday6339 there was a time when landlords owned the property, now you are paying their mortgage. This has caused the situation where if your life takes an unexpected turn and you ask to pay part rent one month with an extra to make up in the coming months they now evict. You'll see a lot of this in the next six months due to inflation and fuel bills.

[@MosherMike]

@@coolsunday6339 Nice strawman. I bought my own home so I'm not paying some other chancers mortgage anymore. They can pay their own. Other poster is right.

[@1292liam]

what a pathetic, ignorant comment

[@jamespsyfer]

As things stand, it seems that some renters are just middlemen… it’s not a home… they are just often handing state monies to private landlords for their enrichment and business expansion. As a renter you are caught up in this equation. Housing should be a human right.

[@machidaman]

Buy to let landlords are almost always parasites. I have family members that are landlords and they are adamant that the 30 percent rent rises they are implementing are totally justified but when challenged are unable to justify thatvlevel of increase.

[@alexbeardmore3588]

A sane landlord would realise that their costs have not increased, so there is no good reason to hike the rent. Hiking the rent is more likely to cause the tenant to leave or fall into arrears - both are expensive scenarios for a landlord. Sadly lots of stories of landlords who are not acting sane.

[@garethevans6355]

@@alexbeardmore3588 How do you work that out? Interest percentage rates were almost non existent they have now sky rocketed to above 6% which means if a land lord has a morgage on the property which is more than likely and was not on a guaranteed rate or they were coming out of one their mortgages were going up 500/600 a month and even more in some cases....they realised they can't lamp that straight on the tenants and I know of a few right now actually adding their own money to rents to just keep the house or flat going as they don't want to destroy their credit or lose the house.

[@alexbeardmore3588]

@@garethevans6355 not every mortgage goes up right now. Lots of fixed rate buy to let's that still carry on for a while. Some will go up now for sure though.

[@garethevans6355]

@@alexbeardmore3588 that's what I said in .you message.....there are fixed rates,interest only and people coming out of term. Alot of investors were running on interest only so it stung hard and alot of them are having to renew.

[@machidaman]

@@garethevans6355 at the time of posting rates were very low - pre trussonomics. Point still stands though, landlords are capitalising on the housing crisis to charge massive rents. Recent interest rate hikes are just another excuse to hike further.

[@Hanzilla75]

I am shocked laws are not in place to protect renters in the UK. Here in Denmark the law protects us from unreasonable evictions line this.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

🤔 Indeed. Denmark 🇩🇰 . . . Not Britain 🇬🇧😖!

[@poshnosh1143]

Sounds like Denmark is run properly. The UK nothing works you get used to it🙄

[@jenjones90]

How is it unreasonable? If you own the property you have a right to choose who rents it. If you want to rent to a friend or a family member you should be able to do so as long as you give adequate notice to the current tenant.

[@coderider3022]

It’s just England , Scotland has these tenant friendly laws.

[@Hanzilla75]

@@coderider3022 Good to know, Scotland really needs to separate from England, it can easily manage without them.

[@ciarand2823]

The very notion that it's cheaper to pay off a mortgage than to rent is absurd. Rent should be capped at half whatever a typical mortgage would cost the landlord plus any estate agent fees and expenses for property maintenance. The days of owning houses purely to create wealth should be long gone. Once a rental property is owned outright the landlord should be taxed to the balls on the income from it. The notion that you could just buy a wee rental property or two and retire comfortably as soon as you're mortgage free should be laughed at. I was in holiday in ibiza earlier this year and I overheard a lady in her late 50s on the sun lounger behind me saying how she'd never have to work again having rented out the family farm she'd inherited last year. She'd spent the last 9 weeks in ibiza, and was in no rush to return to the UK, infact she was looking at cruises. Part of me was thinking fair play to her, having listened to her conversation she'd worked on that farm as a young girl and knew what it was to do an honest days work, but i couldn't help wondering about the poor couple who were trying to make a living off that farm now, especially in the current state of play, they're never going to make enough to buy their own farm, jesus they'd be lucky to keep the place they have ticking over for another few years. The whole system is not right.

[@danw5760]

Then people will stop renting out and young people will be stuck with their parents

[@frmcf]

@@danw5760 Well, they'd stop renting out houses, because there would be much less of an incentive to *own* multiple houses. I think that was the idea. ;)

[@danw5760]

@@frmcf but supply would contract massively, while demand continues to increase exponentially. You would just completely stifle poor people's geographic mobility, they would be stuck with their parents

[@ciarand2823]

@@danw5760 thats the opposite problem to the current situation, there's a ballance to be struck somewhere in between, but no government seems to be interested in finding it since the majority of ministers are landlords themselves.

[@danw5760]

@@ciarand2823 I don't see how it's the opposite problem, your suggestions would massively contract supply, that's the exact opposite of what we need. Mass private sector home building could potentially solve the problem, bringing rents down and providing more choice and flexibility to the young and poor

[@GreyFoxNinjaFan]

Claiming to be selling the house that your tenant is living in when you aren't is (at best) misleading and causing of stress (civil claim) or, at worst, fraud.

[@aab2678]

Once the fixed term of the tenancy is up, the landlord isn't required to give a reason for wanting their property back.

[@GreyFoxNinjaFan]

@@aab2678 so why give a reason at all?

[@debbieframpton3857]

People forget when they rent a property they are renters they are not owners the landlord can do whatever he wants with his property

[@GreyFoxNinjaFan]

@@debbieframpton3857 tenants have rights to the property they rent that are set out in various laws. To say a landlord can do "whatever he wants" is demonstrably false. I hope you're not a landlord.

[@johnnyboyvan]

I am glad you are ok now...stability is so important.

[@the40footgoose]

"everything in the country needs reforming"

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Will you do the next one on small businesses half of people are employed in small businesses, they have no energy cap and no help. 7 in 10 pubs may close, we are heading to catastrophe for both familys and small businesses and the government doesn't care.

[@skagamnesia1972]

All that will be left is amazon and food banks

[@mysterymaverick1982]

@@skagamnesia1972 😂😂😂 sorry but if you dont laugh you'll cry.

[@danw5760]

Politics joe is left wing they despise small business and entrepreneurs

[@stephanguitar9778]

Tories represent big businesses not small. Small businesses always do better under a Labour government but unfortunately their proprietors nearly all vote Tory. Ironic, isn't it.

[@Shyted]

I went through this recently, landlady needed to move back into the house so gave us two months notice. We have been so happy in the house and the stress and worry about where we would end up was horrible. Very few properties available, told each time we were up against other people but luckily found something. It ain’t cheap to move house either.

[@CyclingSteve]

This woman's story is so familiar. I've had to move unexpectedly because a landlord failed to pay his mortgage, he was pocketing the rent. I've had two other occasions where the landlord has sold the place and I've had to move out. Councils should have first refusal on all property sales and access to a house buying fund like the Right to Buy-back scheme in London.

[@asherhouseman6838]

I tried to move a tenant out in Portland, Oregon here in the US and uber-liberal Portland mad this rule that wishing to sell is not a valid reason for nonrenewal of lease. That is straight up communism. When a tenant signs a contract it is exactly that, a contract. To force me to keep a tenant is the government nulifying the signature of a private citizen and should give rise to another J6 at the very least.

[@terriclinton543]

and all over this country.

[@JayGriffinblaze]

@@asherhouseman6838 Nonsense. "Straight up COMMUNISM would mean NO PRIVATE RENTALS for HOUSING and Council housing for all managed for, issued by and paid to the state in rent or through taxes, or both." In a civilised society You should not be allowed to exploit a citizen by controlling a vital natural necessity - housing, especially if citizens are prohibited from building or making their own shelters either by planning or expense. But we don't have that in the US or the UK so spare me your "Reds under the bed" outrage.

[@minnie4218]

@@asherhouseman6838 well being a landlord is a business and in business you take risks. I don't agree anyway with anybody profiting from human beings right to having a home Tuff titties

[@craigcutts7085]

It's so sad, and as the Manchester Mayor (Andy Burnham) suggested today this a result of Thatcher her govenments and all governments since destroying the social housing stock.... I'm so pleased I managed to buy 15 years ago 🙈

[@timcomley5948]

Not still blaming thatcher is he she’s been out of power for thirty years 😁

[@BsktImp]

I'm always reminded of this gem from 'landlord of the year' when trying to understand the mind of your average landlord: "Tenants are filth, by their very nature. What kind of person is a tenant? A person with no self-respect." (Nicholas Van Hoogstraten)

[@stephanguitar9778]

Is he where he belongs yet? ie dead.

[@callumm947]

that's not the mindset of an average landlord

[@danw5760]

Silacai you're living in a cartoon

[@machidaman]

How ironic...

[@robinmcara793]

He was a real charmer

[@jonbell4239]

In going through this now. I've never felt so low and scared.

[@Bjorn2055]

When (hugely debt-inflated) property rights are far more worth than a decent human life! 😱 In a wealthy country like Britain... 😨

[@alexanders7569]

When landlords say 'nobody thinks about when we have bad tenants' it's like - yeah, those tenants are only in the private market because they have no choice because of feudal landlords and lack of social housing

[@tomgl6684]

What?! You can get bad tenants in social housing and PRS, at any level of personal wealth. Good regulation should provide protection for both tenants from unfair eviction practices, neglected maintenance and other bad practice as well as providing protections for landlords from bad tenants.

[@jayturner3397]

Been here twice landlord's didn't pay his mortgage and the other one tried to evict as sitting tenant prospective buyers just turned round and said oh we will throw you out, he left in a hurry lol Irony was in both cases I was considering buying the property Have a house now no mortgage but I was a lucky one ..poor people, a disgrace

[@maryhinge128]

People don't need more than one property.

[@paulungureanu937]

Who are you to judge? It's exactly the same filthy mentality that deprived my family of properties in 1946 Romania. Get stuffed, you left-wing scumbags!!

[@robertstraw9881]

Leeds Building society have just banned people from having second mortgages.

[@paulungureanu937]

@@robertstraw9881 LBS is irrelevant in the market, nobody gives a flying to$$ anyway

[@Robert-cu9bm]

People don't need to be obese, there are lots of things people don't need, doesn't mean we shouldn't allow it.

[@robertstraw9881]

@@paulungureanu937 ok 👍

[@harlibassham8187]

As long as real estate is seen as an "investment" the housing situation will never be solved. It's another cog in the wheel of making money. The only hope you have is to save and wait for the bubble to burst again and then vote to have wherever you bought the house to be rezoned for multifamily, only then can we solve the housing problem, Share your thought below the comment, let me know what you think.

[@carendemoya5429]

Honestly I’m not waiting for all this to make and extra cash by the corner, sold two of my properties before corona invested everything in the stock market and its performing better than all other investment I have right now, sold each for 250k now I have 5.5m from each investment in stock, this is much better than waiting everyday for what the market is going to do and i think the full crash would be accompanied by high interest rates so unless you're planning on purchasing cash, it might not be as helpful as one might think. A correction of the last year or so looks likely though.

[@harlibassham8187]

@@carendemoya5429 Good choice you have made, its also impressive it has worked out the way you planned however not everybody knows their way around the stock market, I did some trading my self last month I lost some cash lol, do you trade yourself? are you a Professional ?

[@carendemoya5429]

@@harlibassham8187 No I'm not however I made proper research for one, Monroe Horcel is the Pro. who assists me in my journey up till now, search his name online if you are ready to start your journey in the market.

[@terryloker2585]

Landlords getting blamed . Tenants getting blamed . What's really wrong is people have no choice . They can't afford to buy so they have to rent a crazy expensive place or have to live somewhere they don't want . Its sad . They should be able to buy or rent due to their personal circumstances not be given no choices or hope . Its completely wrong that hard working people are stuck :(

[@TheKnexMaker]

the economy used to be so much better, it used to foccus on people going out spending there money on days out or shopping, now its just all about the essentuals like energy, housing/renting. and food. wtf has this country become. bring back the ratio of avg income to avg rent / house prices we used to have in the "golden age"

[@JP-sm4cs]

We need rent control

[@715michala]

We need Landlord Control.If their houses are below an acceptable standard then they can't rent em.Also Landlords should have to apply for a licence from the council for all properties , not just HMOs.Check em out , give the council somert to do and provide more jobs etc.We gotta have standards .

[@anneroy4560]

They have rent control in Canada ... have for decades ... related to the cost of living ...

[@keir1984]

currently have 3 weeks to find a house as my landlord sold up. Yet the rents have balooned in my area and we are having to look 20miles away to afford what we have now. Which is already £800p/m. Oh and no pets which makes it even harder.

[@lewiskeeffe8649]

I know millionaires who exploited the lax property market. It is utterly stupid to allow monopoly on properties. To have a home is not a matter of ethics or business its a human right. There should be huge costs for business models that horde property. To deter the attraction in it. Now an entire generation is suffering for it. And the hardest decision the property owners have is to sell at extortionate profit or hold on and utilise the property with utter impunity. Sickening.

[@stephanguitar9778]

I know one of these pigs 🐖 who is has 2 flats and a 6 bedroom HMO. He is miserable because he wants to sell but won't because he has to pay capital gains tax after 45 years of money grubbing and tax evasion.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Monopoly....mono= one. Not really a monopoly when millions own homes

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@Robert-cu9bm Lets say monopolising the market in increasing numbers. This is since housing has been monetized into an asset class for the parasite class.

[@muhammadanwar1698]

You know a landlord is talking baloney when they say I want to sell up THEY WILL NEVER SELL. .. NEVER In some situations it is true but majority of the time it is not especially in this case ... the landlady already said she wanted her friend to move in The landlady probably said this in court and god knows what else

[@theintolerantleft3235]

Expropriate all private rental property and second homes and have rent set at maintenance cost.

[@cjwcymru]

Well at least tenants are better protected here in Wales thanks to recent changes. I feel for this poor lady.

[@brainbane8550]

Imagine a world in which rent isn't set as high as possible to suit the greed of a landlord, but rather as low as possible to suit the need of the individual. Where the rent paid goes straight into the public purse to be invested back into the community, instead of a landlord's bank account. Where the individual need not worry about eviction without serious cause and is still able to move to new locations as the opportunities arise.

[@danw5760]

You have no idea about the reality of social housing

[@andreaslind6338]

*singing* You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one....I hope some you will join us, and the world will live as one.

[@brainbane8550]

@@danw5760 Do you also think the NHS in its current state is as good as it can be? You think our roads, public transport, public parks, rivers and even small businesses are as good as they can be? You're allowed to want something better, mate. At least allow yourself to imagine that things can be better. It's a start.

[@brainbane8550]

@@andreaslind6338 weird thing is, when it comes to meeting the insatiable greed of capitalists and landlords, there's very little imagination involved and instead, a lot more action taken. I swear, this country is as whipped as slaves.

[@danw5760]

@@brainbane8550 Not really because idealism and dreaming can cause profound suffering. Ive worked in social housing, you think people get evicted without serious cause? You're having a laugh, it takes years to evict some god awful people. Who suffers? The good neighbors around them that get stuck there with a 2 year waiting list to move and every day made a nightmare. Who puts them in that position of suffering? Idealists and clueless dreamers who campaign for regulations to prevent evictions with one sided sob stories like this. Then you feel good about yourselves, oblivious to the actual suffering that you cause.

[@Trav-eller]

Ive been both. A tenant and a landlord. The simple fact as a tenant is that you should nt get attached to a property that is nt your own. Being a landlord is scarier than being a tenant.

[@terriclinton543]

i live in a very nice street in my council house all my neigbours bought theirs and the other end of my terrece is privetely rented. i pay 450.00 a month, and they pay 1100.00. how is that fair? homes are for living in not for profiting from.

[@davidevans6618]

The thing about this system, money doesn't care who's naughty or nice, it's claws always come to town. Good future !

[@cassandra8620]

More rights for tenants👍👍

[@nancyjackson3909]

The grim reality is there is all talk and no action you good plebs keep arguing amongst yourselves like you have done for 2000 years nothing will change unless real change needs to happen

[@jackieraulerson2005]

When you rent, you don’t own the home. If you don’t ever want to leave, then buy. I think there’s more to this story.

[@henryjohnson-ville3834]

True but who has $50K cash for a deposit with an average monthly mortgage of $2,000 a month for the next 360 months?

[@JoannaHammond]

Not all landlords and landladys are like this. Mine has been amazing, I've lived in my property for 17 years. The rent has always increased fairly and when I had problems (a really bad hoarding episode she paid for it all to be cleared out.) I've never missed a payment and I tend to get most things fixed myself, unless it involves gas, her contractor has to then do it for legal reasons. I've been on a rolling contract for the last 10 years and I feel quite safe with her.

[@rafaelgamma07]

Hail this!!

[@frmcf]

The point is not “landlords are b45t4rds”. The point is that tenants need legal protection.

[@frmcf]

You shouldn’t have to depend on your landlord being a kind person.

[@snsn7251]

It's a 2 way street. You are also a good tenant. Its give and take and fairness

[@robynb4159]

And this is exactly what I would have said about mine and my situation (only difference is I've lived here for 10yrs) until she sold the house 2mths ago and issued me with a section 21 so 🤷‍♀️

[@Callummullans]

In response to the 5week rent deposit cap they are now offering 0 deposit schemes but they are a trap and a loophole. These schemes allow for landlords and agencies to charge towards the end of tenancy for wear and tear which would usually be their responsibility and not the tenants and there is no cap on this charge, the deposit is protected not the actual tenant.

[@adamwaddoups7811]

What a piece of shit that landlady is. Well done to you though Emma! Keep your head up and keep moving forward. Best wishes to you and your son Luke 💙

[@blondie7341]

Thank you ❤️

[@Aikynbreusov]

Why do all Anglo-Saxon countries have the same problems???????

[@Tommy-me4pv]

Been renting for 9 years i hate throwing my money away to a wealthy landlord every month. I've been saving for 4 years for a property but prices are ridiculous. Why should you be trapped in renting when your a hard working person doing long hours , nights and overtime? Something needs to change and these landlords need to go

[@1292liam]

so all renting should be from the state? Not gonna happen is it

[@aab2678]

How do you know the landlord is wealthy?

[@Tommy-me4pv]

@@aab2678 because I deal with him directly and also have looked up him house on right move and its worth big bucks plus he has other rentals. That is how I know.

[@tooladdict7463]

Certainly a terrible tale the landlord was completely out of order I am a landlord and I would never evict a tenant it’s at home as long as they are reasonable person it’s theirs most landlords would never do this you overtime i become friends with my tenants and there are good people renting houses at reasonable rents with good maintenance and security it’s a shame that you have not had a good experience but it is not every landlord.

[@mastergraphic9998]

So if your tenant stops paying the rent you would let them stay for free....

[@stephanguitar9778]

If I was the government I would put make rentals more affordable, I would put all landlords in prison and free rent for tenants like this poor woman and her son. I would lock up the entire tory government too.

[@frmcf]

Lol! The irony of the state paying 40 grand a year to accommodate in prison someone who owned multiple houses. I like it

[@jamestownsend7691]

Nazi

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@frmcf I'm sure we can create profitable prisons(especially for the Tories cause they believe in that stuff) whereby they work like slaves 12 hours a day 7 days a week of which the income will pay their prison running costs for a few decades.

[@paulmessenger9836]

If you want control of your living accommodation you must buy your own property, but i still feel for this woman's situation .

[@kumoryuuichi]

Do not equate reasonable stability to the golden ideal of full control. This was not an issue of Emma being unable to build an extension or change the colour of the windows, but about having a place to live so that she wouldn't be doing it on the streets.

[@Escapetheratrace-ji6rx]

It won't just be greedy private landlords, it will expand to greedy corporate landlord with the likes of Lloyd's buying up properties at a fast rate. This won't get easier

[@harlyslamm2888]

blame the government for reducing supply, its always greedy landlords, but never the cost on landlord. And Pathetic tenants who damage and cause who issues for the landlords, all of these cost has to be paid by somebody! Why doesnt the government produce more property? why are they focused on increasing house prices by double digits? why?

[@kevinu.k.7042]

Such a grim tale. I have helped people fight evictions. If they are within the law and the tenancy contract there is no defence in court whatsoever. This is probably what happened rather than nasty stories from the landlord. We must fix the rented sector. The best way to do that is to build and buy social housing. There is no reason why social housing should be for those in' need'. In some countries, like Sweden, it is a real option for anyone. Though I think the quantity available might have shrunk in recent years. Why good social housing? Then it becomes really easy to move from one place to another as work, for example, demands.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Yes. Apart from the absolute need for housing, the job market needs lots of affordable social housing. Cities are quite literally impossible to move to for work unless you have housing and a well paying job to walk into.

[@kevinu.k.7042]

@@stephanguitar9778 Yup, I got the T-Shirt on that one. Locum work and cheap hotels and trying to ignore my accumulating debt hoping things became more do-able. That was London twenty-five years ago. I don't think that's do-able with current rents. Even then there were landlords renting mattress space on the floor in illegally crowded rooms. It's quite common in London now. It's got to change.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@kevinu.k.7042 Yes. Real third world stuff.

[@kevinu.k.7042]

@@stephanguitar9778 Your reply has no contextual info. I do not know what you are referring to.

[@Allezlesbleusful]

Agree totally with this.

[@fleshboundtobone]

BTL mortgages should be banned and rental income should be taxed so much that existing BTL mortgages become untenable.

[@rog3833]

I got lucky - and got a Council flat, after being on the "list" for 12 years. Took a mental health breakdown though to get pushed up to the top. Done my fair share of scummy HMO's - and conning rents Thank you.

[@uk7769]

Same impossible housing prices in the United States. Cant afford to buy or rent. It is very bad. Rent doubling in some markets.

[@MelkorPT]

I'm shocked that despite the Landlord Party being in power 35 of the last 45 years rent has never been higher. How can this be?!

[@robe1811]

At this point one simply can only wonder how bad it has to get for them to start losing votes

[@garethevans6355]

Xause morgages are high now

[@nickssurplus]

What do you expect with the shortage of housing You invited over 10 million people into the Country over the last 10 years but did not build any infra structure to help out Under Labour you also robbed the pensions so they went and bought houses to use as an income when they retire. Yet you sit there and wonder why there is a shortage of housing for this poor lass and other people like her. This as mince some people

[@lolazal1]

The reason for high rent is high house prices.. There should be controls on how much a landlord can charge - as well as how much a house costs...

[@DeniseC84]

I'm looking to move out from my parent's home. I'm in band 1 on homefinder but still having no luck. I'm tempted to go private at a cheap flat but watching this I now wonder if I should just keep waiting with the council.

[@RunOfTheHind]

Flats are gone in minutes near me, in part due to all the airbnbs now running locally. I'm a gas engineer and a lot of my full time landlords are selling up on top of that - they reckon the Tories aren't letting them make enough money 😂.

[@philtodd3618]

After living in the same house for the last 18 years ( I bought it) the house adjoins me is now being rented out. 2 years on I’ve had to have the police round several times, fence has been kicked in and the noise is unbearable sounds like the property is being trashed! always to sides to a story I feel

[@christophergraham9726]

What a shocking state of affairs. 2022 and we are still biting chunks out of each other. This all needs to stop. The people we put in charge to make our lives fulfilling and meaningful, are the very same people that make our lives uncomfortable and miserable. There's enough for all our needs but never enough for the greedy. Taking back control is the only option. The system is outdated, time for change. Peaceful change.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Something my father in law said to me is that when there's not enough essential things to go round and people lose out we all turn on each other and for me my experiences bear this out!

[@aaronmccardie8795]

The government should stop the buy to let mortgages.

[@tcskips]

Greedy landlords? Just shows your bias right off the bat

[@laupeter4594]

Everyone’s situation are different. Some fail due to their own laziness, some due to social circumstances

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

V for Vendetta

[@HorseSaddleRider]

On the other hand, tenants are free to move out at a month's notice and the landlord has to find another tenant. The tenant signs a contract when they move in and there is nothing that states that the landlord is responsible for the tenant's housing preferences - they are signing to hire a property, the same as if you rent a car and have to give it back at the agreed time.

[@MagpieEpicdude]

there isn't a constrained supply of cars houses are an inelastic good where demand far outstrips suppy while car-hires if you go to any car-hire place there are often more cars avaliable or vans or what not than people! you cannot apply the same economic laws to those scenarios therefore, check your maths.

[@adamant5419]

I took back two of my properties from renting, as the tenants were just a bloody nightmare. So many families in the private and council rental sector don't know how to respect someone else property, trash it and just cause a nightmare for the landlords. I was offered another £200 a month for one property but I had her booted out anyway, due to the mess and filth her and her feral spawn caused. If some people are so desperate for a home, they should learn how to bloody well treat one.

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

Impossible to get on the housing ladder.

[@poshnosh1143]

True, I am moving Overseas cannot afford UK anymore🥴

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

@@poshnosh1143 good luck.

[@1292liam]

0.20 "greedy landlords" - doesn't make sense. govt need to put rent caps on and build A LOT of council housing - landlords hike rents because of a lack of the aforementioned (and other reasons)

[@1292liam]

'ashamed, a failure' etc - whats she talking about?!

[@mastergraphic9998]

Should a landlord pay all the bills for people who don't go to work or stop paying.....

[@amandag5072]

yes

[@sueyourself5413]

You can't get evicted like that. She shouldn't have let her landlady intimidate her. Just change the locks and make the place hostile. You can't be evicted without the presence of bailiffs/court order.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That's it by law you can stay at a place until the bailiffs come to the door to evict!

[@intent7705]

Enough is enough!

[@bethk4725]

hi I understand how you feel I been evicted due to the landlord wanting to sell up, came here to look after my father before the covid just before and the landlord has not done any checks whilst my father has rented here for over 15 years , the house was a mess when I came to live with my father so I told too complain about repairs they got cowboy builders in never did the job properly and now cos we have complained as things got worse damp , electric plug that sparks in my daughter's room walks collapsing, window falling out a lot of issues , and now we complained she wants to sell up, court today and I'm so nervous I have 2 daughters and my dad here and 2 pets my landlord was happy with us been here asking as money was there for her , I am becoming homeless now with 2 daughters and a lovely 2 pets we have tried to sort the house out ourselves but can't afford it , I don't understand how these landlords get away with what there doing to families across yorkshire and Britain I will be homeless as I have grounds to stand on and I know that the landlord will get away with what she had done, just because her husband's business collapsed over covid period but my dad's money over 70,000 pounds he's paid I'm disgusted totally why put families in this situation it breaks us all bad it affects all and your children it's not right I hope this lady will be ok and things need to change x

[@Stuboy]

I was evicted from my 2 bed council flat through the bedroom tax , I couldn't afford the extra £15 a week top up on the rent of £103 a week , so I got evicted, the same council the same day put me in temporary "private" accommodation twice the rent what I was asking for in the council property no questions asked , make of that what you will but this private sector greed needs to stop , rent needs to be the same as council rents & ban on buy to let , every home sold another by law must be built , this obsession with owning everything has to stop , it doesn't happen in Europe & other countries , there's enough for everyone's need just not their greed

[@globalist1990]

Landlords are draining peoples benefits. They are the real scroungers.

[@globalist1990]

@Will it matter in 5 years prices are based on, whatever you can get away with.

[@SuperSquall2009]

Landlord owns the house and has right to do whatever they want with it...

[@redfox4929]

Being a landlord should be a responsible respected role not a position for chancers. Grifters wanting others to pay their mortgages.

[@weichengcn]

if landlords are not allowed to buy house after house where are tenants going to rent? It is not that tenants all of a sudden become home buyers.

[@pamelaselby7964]

Sending much love and support to you Emma for speaking your truth. Your strength is admirable.❤

[@thesouthpole3915]

I’m not a landlord but I own my flat (with mortgage). “Owning” a property here is not better - you need anything fixed - costs hundreds or thousands. With electricity going up service charge will skyrocket. Private landlords also won’t be able to keep the prices at the same level due to interest rates going up. Buy to let mortgages are interest only. I would rather blame government allowing people buy properties and keeping them empty.