You possibly can’t paint your partitions, you may’t have a pet, you may’t assure you’ll have someplace to stay in six months time. Hundreds of thousands of us are paying sky-high rents however struggling to make a house in a housing system the place security and safety takes second place to landlords’ earnings.
Some personal tenants face mould and damaged boilers however daren’t complain. In keeping with Shelter, complaining to your landlord about situations in your house greater than doubles your likelihood of being evicted.
How did personal renting turn into so prevalent? Why are the rights of tenants so weak? And what does this imply for our capability to make a house?
Ayeisha is joined by Vicky Spratt, housing correspondent on the i and writer of Tenants, and Kieran Yates, journalist and writer of the upcoming All the homes I’ve ever lived in.
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