'It Feels Like David and Goliath': One Young Woman Battles Eviction Amidst Britain's Housing Crisis
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Published 2023-05-24
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Evicted: Priced out, pushed out - the young renters fighting for their rights and facing homelessness. Dealing with impossible decisions, what can they do, and where do they end up?
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All Comments (21)
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I'm honestly proud of this lady! Well done for fighting for your rights!
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I’m a homeowner and it seems every month the bank sends me a new notice of the interest rate increasing, maybe the landlord has no choice but to increase the rent, who the hell can afford to live nowadays?
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There’s a lot more to this. I’d like to hear the landlord’s side.
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What a smart intelligent young lady to fight this nonsense of increasing rent continuously on hard-working people! Everything goes up except for your paycheck! Happens here in the US too and I'm sick of it!
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£300? -> No - £150? - No - £50? - Yes!....Landlord was profiterring.
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You are an inspiration to me. I am trapped in a similar situation and desperate to aviod an eviction, I tried to negotiate an excessive rent increase with my landlord and got a section 21 instead. You made me think of new paths to follow before I surrender and go homeless. Btw if u read this please would you consider getting in contact with me? I would like to ask you how did you find such great support in your area and learn from your experience.
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These people haven't heard of emails?
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These days literally everyone can face that kind of situation. (unless you are a financial elite)
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You guys need to have capped RENT CONTROL in the UK like many areas of the USA do, where rent increases can only go up a certain percentage per year. Still £450 for rent in 2022-2023 is RIDICULOUSLY cheap and the reality is it was definitely going to go up drastically at some point.
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rent increases along with interest rates. what did tenants think would happen?
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The Tenant Community Group & direct action taken against vulture Landlordism is a really good idea. Folks need to fight back against rising rents and low wages globally.
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I’m American from what I understand she was paying $556.54 now the landlord want$927.59. I live in central California if you can find a one bedroom apartment for $930. (in a decent neighborhood though) is considered a good . I keep thinking, maybe we make more money. Our hourly wage is more. in California is a very expensive place to live, minimum-wage is about $15 but most places will pay you $18-$20hr.
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It's terrible what's happening in this country.
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Government needs to focus on housing now more than ever. Demand your local MPs start now. British people need affordable housing and not rip off landlords!
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I'm not a big fan of landlords. £750 it's a bargain. £450 that's a crazy cheap price she must be very lucky. Maybe it's time for her now to wake up and smell the coffee.
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£450 a month in Bristol is insane, £750 is reasonable for the area
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Bristol has become a right dump in recent years, i wonder why..!
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Good on her for standing up to them. More people need to to do this.
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I am not impressed that she is smoking ... a very 20th century thing to be doing ...
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There are land lords in the U.K. that own 600 houses in London from the British Bangladeshi community they have used liar loans from 1996 to now to aqure property if you have zero intrest this happens now
