They refuse to make repairs, frequently raise the rent, and would frequently do a "no fault eviction" when they want to raise the rent higher than what they're likely to wring out of you. I had a landlord who engaged in illegal harassment to try to get me out of the apartment after a no-fault eviction where I didn't leave (due to being too ill to) because he didn't want to get a court order to make me leave (but if I left without him having gotten a court order, I'd have been deemed as having chosen to make myself homeless, so I'd be ineligible for a lot of homelessness support).
There were tenants rights laws before this, but it was disconcertingly common to see landlords blatantly violating them and tenants struggling to defend their rights
Fantastic news! I bet the housing prices have dropped by flooding the market with supply. I hope they keep up the great work, and go away harder in this direction
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wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 3d
I read through the wikipedia summary of the law, and it seems like a perfectly reasonable baseline of tenant rights.
What the heck were the landlords doing in UK?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renters%27_Rights_Act_2025
AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3d
They refuse to make repairs, frequently raise the rent, and would frequently do a "no fault eviction" when they want to raise the rent higher than what they're likely to wring out of you. I had a landlord who engaged in illegal harassment to try to get me out of the apartment after a no-fault eviction where I didn't leave (due to being too ill to) because he didn't want to get a court order to make me leave (but if I left without him having gotten a court order, I'd have been deemed as having chosen to make myself homeless, so I'd be ineligible for a lot of homelessness support).
There were tenants rights laws before this, but it was disconcertingly common to see landlords blatantly violating them and tenants struggling to defend their rights
csolisr@hub.azkware.net · 4 pts · 3d
What in the bootstrap-pulling hell is that policy?!
wiccan2@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 3d
Makeing a shit-ton of money doing nothing.
st3ph3n@midwest.social · 9 pts · 3d
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WhirlpoolBrewer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3d
Fantastic news! I bet the housing prices have dropped by flooding the market with supply. I hope they keep up the great work, and go away harder in this direction
FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3d
I'll take it over for you! I can handle renters with rights!!
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3d
Fuck yeeeeaaah