Generation Rent by Chloe Timperley

Author:Chloe Timperley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canbury Press
Published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Notes

1. One tenant called Amy Wilson… who ‘did absolutely nothing’: Tweet by @ms_wilson, Aug 20, 2018, accessible at: https://twitter.com/ms_wilson/status/1031517128170643456

2. Daniel Sparrow… ‘if you’re not careful’: Tweet by @DanielDeathtrap, Aug 23, 2018, accessible at: https://twitter.com/DanielDeathtrap/status/1032682252088627201

3. Rachel Collinson… ‘40 and still renting’: Tweet by @rachel_shares, Aug 20, 2018, accessible at: https://twitter.com/rachel_shares/status/1031550758146244608

4. Ciara McKibbin… ‘evidence/tenancy law’: Tweet by @ciaramckibbin, Aug 29, 2018, accessible at: https://twitter.com/ciaramckibbin/status/1034766649616998401

5. As a Twitter user… you’re ‘a serf’: Tweet by @consol8ion, Jul 3, 2018, accessible at: https://twitter.com/consol8ion/status/1014016106514788359

6. A Uswitch report from 2015… to change provider: Even if such terms are technically unenforceable, the landlord’s Section 21 trump card makes violating unfair terms in a tenancy agreement a risky move. One in Ten Landlords Stop Tenants Changing Energy Supplier, Landlordnews.co.uk, accessible at: https://www.landlordnews.co.uk/one-in-ten-landlords-stop-tenants-changing-energy-supplier/

7. In a Facebook support group for private tenants… during the winter: A similar story emerged in November 2019 and made headlines, so the practice is clearly not a one-off. See: Can my landlord lock my thermostat in a box? BBC News, accessible at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50294404

8. An anonymous user on the London Assembly discussion forum… even the police can’t’: Post by Amgrealis in thread ‘Problems with private rental properties,’ Talk London, accessible at: https://www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/housing/problems-private-rental-properties?page=1&action=

9. Another tenant… ‘photos taken were unnecessary’: Can the landlord’s agents take all these photos? The Landlord Law Blog, accessible at: https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2015/04/15/can-the-landlords-agents-take-all-these-photos/

10. By law, tenants do have the right… in need of urgent attention: Landlord and Letting Agent Access to Your Property, The Tenants’ Voice, accessible at: https://www.thetenantsvoice.co.uk/advice_from_us/landlord-access/

11. As Tessa Shepperson… ‘quiet enjoyment’: Can the landlord’s agents take all these photos? The Landlord Law Blog, accessible at: [see above]

12. Writing in The Guardian… ‘No blacks, no Irish, no dogs’: Housing benefit claimants increasingly shut out of private rental market, The Guardian, accessible at: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jan/21/housing-benefit-claimants-shut-out-private-rental-no-dss

13. Since 2012, socially rented homes… lost by 2020: More than 165k social homes lost in six years, says CIH, PublicFinance, accessible at: https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2019/02/more-165k-social-homes-lost-six-years-says-cih

14. In the UK, average rents… rising by just 10 per cent: Private rents have risen faster than pay since 2011, says Shelter, The Guardian, accessible at: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/03/soaring-rents-rose-60-faster-than-pay-since-2011-shelter

15. Savills… unlikely to be resolved any time soon: Savills forecasts UK residential market in the next 5 years, Savills, accessible at: https://www.savills.co.uk/insight-and-opinion/savills-news/170245-1/savills-forecasts-uk-residential-market-in-the-next-5-years

16. The Huffington Post… still affordable on local wages: This Is The Most Affordable Place To Rent In England (And The Least), Huffpost, accessible at: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/this-is-the-most-affordable-place-to-rent-in-england-and-the-least_uk_5d9af9b8e4b0fc935edcf98c

17. Adzuna’s widely cited list of Worst Cities to Find a Job: The Best And Worst Places In The UK To Get A Job, Grazia, accessible at: https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/best-worst-places-uk-get-job/

18. In her 2017 book Big Capital… and so on: Minton, Anna. Big Capital: Who is London for? (Penguin Random House UK, 2017), pp. 7-9

19. Bristol is among the least affordable areas… in the country: Private renting unaffordable for working families on low wages in 67% of the country, Shelter, accessible at: https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_releases/articles/private_renting_unaffordable_for_working_families_on_low_wages_in_67_of_the_country

20. It is also among… for homelessness: 320,000 people in Britain are now homeless, as numbers keep rising, Shelter, accessible at: http://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_releases/articles/320,000_people_in_britain_are_now_homeless,_as_numbers_keep_rising

21. Following a Freedom of Information request… ‘waiting list is very long’: The true extent of

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