Limon Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/number-of-london-renters-becoming-homeless-increases-700-in-five-years-a6779586.html The number of people in London becoming homeless due to the ending of shorthold tenancies – the type most commonly held by private renters – has increased more than sevenfold since 2009/10. According to a report released by the Department for Communities and Local Government, 6,790 London households in 2014/15 were made homeless following the end of their tenancies, up from just 930 households five years before. It means that 39 per cent of the London households that became homeless were for that reason, compared to just the 1 per cent of those who had their homes repossessed due to mortgage arrears. The city, whose average monthly rents hit £1,500 for first time in June, accounts for two fifths of England’s renters becoming homeless in this way. It is the fifth consecutive year that homelessness has increased in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automotive Engineer Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Not surprising in a HB. Day of the rope when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
righttoleech Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Tenants should be selling their kidneys and putting their children into bonded labour. BTL greed must be sated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frederico Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Help to rent, borrow your rent from the government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmf170170 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 This is going to happen nationally post 2017 when landlords get taxed on rent rather than profit. They will not be able to accept rent if they have high mortgages and as such will have no logical choice but to evict their tenants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Disgusting. The politicians should hang their heads in collective shame for it is solely they to blame for this situation by their policies that do no general good to compensate. According to John Stuart Mill the political process should try and result in decisions that lead to increased 'happiness' in the community, to improve the general good and utility. There is nothing in what has been done in the last 20 years that could by any measure have been said to have improved the general lot of the community...only the few. Quite. They won't be happy until we are back to the days of 6 people to a room though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_George Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Help to rent, borrow your rent from the government If only the Lib Dems still had some power...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65243 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) This is going to happen nationally post 2017 when landlords get taxed on rent rather than profit. <b>They will not be able to accept rent </b> if they have high mortgages and as such will have no logical choice but to evict their tenants. What are you babbling about? The tax can't exceed the rent. Edited December 26, 2015 by 65243 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 The irresponsible sociopaths that all too often end up in the provision of private rented housing in the UK have got it coming, bigstyle. Hopefully they will feel relieved to only be bankrupt rather than in jail for predatory avaracious practices which have no place in a 'civilised' country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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