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London Renters Union

4 months

🏚️ Stolen deposit? Damp and mould? Facing eviction? 🧵 Read this thread to find out how the London Renters Union wins for our members. ✊ Join the union:

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

11 months

kate flood 🇵🇸

@KateFlood

11 months

SICKENS me that landlords can put rent up by 20% and that's just "the market" but a wage increase of 10% is considered a greedy demand. The landlord class and the employing class are the same people and now they've normalised in-work poverty they wanna force us out of our homes

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The Times and The Sunday Times

@thetimes

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The number of landlords behind on their mortgage payments has risen by almost a third over summer as spiralling interest rates cripple their finances

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

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We're. Not. Paying. Rent. Because first we need to pay for food - and other essentials. Cancel debt. Ban evictions. Together we can win. ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿 #CantPayWontPay ⬇️ JOIN our new campaign here ⬇️

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Cities that are banning evictions because of coronavirus: New York ✅ San Francisco ✅ LA ✅ Miami ✅ Barcelona ✅ London ❌ BAN EVICTIONS NOW!

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 months

Disabled residents of Milford Towers are trapped on the SEVENTH FLOOR without lift access. ✊🏿We took our fight to @LewishamCouncil to demand that every resident has as safe place to call home. 🔗 Watch the powerful @guardian documentary here:

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@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

📢 SOLIDARITY NEEDED! Today several LRU members went to the office of ⁦ @eatongreen ⁩ estate agents in Camberwell to demand a stop to a campaign of harassment which has seen them threatened with illegal eviction and unlawful fines. This was their response.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

🚨Solidarity is powerful 🚨 At their office earlier Eaton Green were aggressive and said they planned to physically evict our members on Monday. This would have been illegal. A director has now promised in writing this won’t happen. Thanks everyone who kept up the pressure

London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

📢 SOLIDARITY NEEDED! Today several LRU members went to the office of ⁦ @eatongreen ⁩ estate agents in Camberwell to demand a stop to a campaign of harassment which has seen them threatened with illegal eviction and unlawful fines. This was their response.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

We don’t need a repayment plan. We need rents to be suspended, rent debts to be cancelled and a permanent evictions ban. Millions of renters are facing mounting arrears. Most have no savings to fall back on. When will the Labour Party get on board? 🤔

The Labour Party

@UKLabour

4 years

BREAKING: Renters, Labour's got your back. Here's how we can protect renters during the #coronavirus crisis 🏠 🚫 Ban evictions 🤝 Make getting financial help from the Government easier 🗓️ Give people more time to pay ❌ Stop renters being made bankrupt

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

10 months

If landlords cannot meet their mortgage payments without our money, then it is tenants who are providing housing for landlords, not the other way around...

Mike Cosgrove

@mikecosgrove

11 months

Turns out he’s getting absolutely hammered

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

✊🏾✊🏽 EVICTION SUCCESSFULLY RESISTED IN NEWHAM ✊🏼✊🏿 Today we were out in East Ham from 9am to support our member Najib who was threatened with illegal eviction. The private landlord tried to throw Najib and his wife out of their home without any due process 😡

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

11 months

Today is the National Landlord Investment Show. It's a real who's who of the biggest names cashing in on the housing crisis. A short thread on what's going down today. Spoiler alert: it's bad… 👀

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

Landlords don't provide housing. They hoard it and demand half our income for access to it. Rents are too damn high. Dangerous disrepair is common. The housing system has already "broken down". Homes should be controlled by the people living in them.

Kirstie Allsopp

@KirstieMAllsopp

2 years

@EmmaKennedy I’m a “private landlord” so are many of your friends. Anyone who has held on to a flat they had before a relationship is a private landlord, over 40% of UK homeowners have a share in an additional property. The entire UK housing system would break down without private landlords.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

5 years

We've shut down NatWest in Stratford over their policy discriminating against renters on housing benefit! Customers are really supportive 😊 Renters claiming housing benefit need homes too 🏡 #EndDSSDiscrimination #YesDSS #Homes4PeopleNotProfits

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@LDNRentersUnion

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BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

11 months

Rent takes up biggest share of pay for 10 years

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@LDNRentersUnion

1 year

BREAKING: Mick Lynch, Dave Ward, trade unions, Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, and many others join renters in calling for a FREEZE ON PRIVATE RENTS. The government must act now. #RentFreezeNow 💥 Write to your MP and RETWEET:

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

7 months

SHOCKING letter from an estate agent shows the truth behind the rental crisis. Full admission that landlords and agents are knowingly preying on our desperation to artificially gauge rents and line their pockets. There is no solution to the housing crisis without rent control.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 months

We are increasingly seeing people like this 👇 use housing to stir up hate. But migrants are among those MOST EXPLOITED by London's extortionate and unsafe private rental system. Most social renters are born in the UK. We need more public housing available for EVERYONE.

JACK ANDERTON

@JACKGUYANDERTON

4 months

To live on the Southbank in Central London, you'd pay £2,745 a month for a one-bed on average. But immigrants in social housing, many of whom are unemployed, are paying ONLY £487 a month on average. They are subsidised whilst you are extorted. Not fair and must change.

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Hi @SadiqKhan . You often talk about being on the side of renters. Time to step up. #COVID19 threatens many of us with homelessness. We need: 📣Suspension of all rent payments 🚨Emergency protections against eviction Will you help us fight for these? Looking fwd to your reply

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

This is appalling. And it's is why renters have to stick together and fight. Renters should have their right to organise legally protected. The first step is to end no fault evictions - which are used to threaten tenants. The government promised this. It needs to happen now.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

🚨 Eviction resistance update 🚨 The bailiffs have now left! We are still out defending a family of four in Walthamstow from eviction by a private landlord. Waltham Forest Council has failed to provide accommodation and threatens to move the family out of London. THREAD (1/10)

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

9 months

💸Average rent in London is £2500. 💸Average monthly pay in London is £2100. Many of us pay more than half of our incomes on housing and live in poverty while landlords make big profits on their assets. It’s not simply unaffordable, it’s exploitative. We need rent controls NOW

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

6 years

Imagine if London’s renters join forces. Together we can give our housing system the reboot it needs. We’re a member-led, campaigning union launching across London to stand up to landlords and demand change through #renterpower 🔥 Become a member at:

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

An estate agent is threatening to violently evict our member. We’ve been outside the property keeping our member safe for nearly 12 hours. The estate action has started backing down. We’ll keep fighting until the eviction is completely called off. #NoEvictions

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Hi @Keir_Starmer & @ThangamMP 👋 The Labour Party seems to have retreated from supporting rent suspension & is now advocating rent deferrals. This means we will have to pay back all the rent payments we've missed This change is bad news for renters. Here’s why... THREAD (1/9)

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

Eviction resisted!! The bailiffs have now left ✊✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿 Dozens of neighbours & LRU members braved the cold in Abbey Wood to make sure the bailiffs, estate agents & their goons couldn't reach the door. George and Paul are safe in their home - because of renters getting organised

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

7 months

A single room in a shared house should not cost £1000 a month. Imagine what our lives and our communities might look like if we weren't sinking half of our incomes into landlords' pockets. We need rent control to bring the rents down!

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

LRU member Charlotte lost 80% of her income due to the pandemic. She was asked by her landlord to take a personal loan to pay her rent. 😡😡😡 She withheld rent instead and prioritised her well being over her landlord's profit 👊 #CantPayWontPay

'This is about survival’: The students and tenants going on rent strike during lockdown

Withholding rent may have seemed extreme two months ago, but now many tenants simply can’t afford to pay, Emma Snaith writes

www.independent.co.uk

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

🌟SUCESSFUL EVICTION RESISTANCE⚡ A landlord planned to illegally evict several LRU members today. But we’re powerful when we’re organised. Our resistance got the landlord to the negotiating table. We’ll hold them to the promises they’ve made. Victory to the renters!

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

URGENT A London renter has been evicted from their home in Brent. The landlord changed the locks of the house this evening. @RobertJenrick - asking landlords to be "compassionate" or "reasonable" doesn't work. Renters need real protections

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@LDNRentersUnion

5 years

Exciting stuff from Berlin - including: 🔸Five year rent freezes 🔸Banning mega-landlords 🔸Returning privatised rental housing to public hands Our rigged housing system has to change, and we can make it happen ✊🏾

A City of Renters Asks: Can We Ban Landlords Who Own Too Much?

The proposals might seem radical—from banning huge corporate landlords to freezing rents for five years—but polls show the public is ready for something dramatic.

www.bloomberg.com

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@LDNRentersUnion

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NOW: we’re outside of Gove’s front door serving him a GIANT EVICTION NOTICE! Gove has shown more interest in protecting landlord profit than protecting families from homelessness. It’s time to kick the landlord lobby & their mates in government out!

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

A huge crowd in Walthamstow today to stop Nadia and her 3 kids from being evicted by bailiffs. We demand Waltham Forest @CllrCoghill rehouse the family locally and don't rip them away from their community and school @stellacreasy #stopevictions

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@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

Today we are out defending our member George and his partner Paul from eviction by a private landlord. Paul lost his job because of the pandemic, and they are now being forced out even though the government said “no one should lose their home as a result of coronavirus” 1/

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

11 months

"This is just an income stream for me... I've stopped working." A landlord with no mortgages hiking rents just to keep up with what other other landlords are getting away with charging. This is why we are taking action. This is why we need rent caps. #NoRentHikes

Novara Media

@novaramedia

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A landlord with multiple properties told @RivkahBrown that he "didn't have to increase the rents" but did it anyway.

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@LDNRentersUnion

6 months

The MAJORITY of landlords with NO MORTGAGE are still increasing rents. The rental crisis is a greed crisis. We need rent control to cut landlord profit.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

If you want to show solidarity with our members, leave a Google review so that renters know what they’re getting into and give Eaton Green a call on 020 7978 9668 to demand an end to the harassment.

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

1 year

✊ EVICTION PREVENTED! ✊ Today, we came together in solidarity with our member Gemma facing an unfair no-fault eviction. Gemma needs to stay in her wheelchair-accessible home, in her community. We stopped the eviction, and Gemma will not be made homeless today! 🧵 THREAD

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 months

The issue with our housing system is NOT that some people pay £487. The issue is that anyone is forced to pay £2,700 for a 1-bed flat. Cause = privatisation & profiteering. Only the super-rich win when ordinary people have to compete with each other for a decent place to live.

London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

4 months

We are increasingly seeing people like this 👇 use housing to stir up hate. But migrants are among those MOST EXPLOITED by London's extortionate and unsafe private rental system. Most social renters are born in the UK. We need more public housing available for EVERYONE.

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@LDNRentersUnion

1 year

⚠️ Over a million renters are seeing landlords attempt to force through massive rent rises, some as high as 70%. 🧵 If this happens to you, here’s a what to do. A thread…

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

@itsleepeart Please feel free to get in touch Lee. We’re here for you and I’m sure @ACORN_tweets can help if you’re out of London

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

To the landlords yelling in our mentions: many renters forced to choose between food & rent - are you really suggesting they prioritise paying you over eating 🤯 Only 7% of landlords have offered tenants rent write offs. 4/5 tenants have landlords renting out multiple properties

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Renters now have a six month eviction notice period. It’s a huge step forward won by people power. We need to keep pushing. The pandemic isn't our fault. Renters need protection from eviction and arrears. We say: cancel the rent debt and make the eviction ban permanent.

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

🎉🎉🎉AMAZING🎉🎉🎉 Berliners just voted to take 240,000 properties off the city’s largest corporate landlords. Huge congratulations to our friends in Germany. You smashed it! This is what happens when renters get together and fight.

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@LDNRentersUnion

11 months

7) Did anybody spot what’s missing? Not a single mention of housing safety, homelessness, the millions struggling with housing costs. As far as the National Landlord Investment Show is concerned, these issues couldn't be less relevant.

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@LDNRentersUnion

5 years

VERY exciting news everyone. The government is going to introduce open-ended tenancies and ABOLISH Section 21, the law that allows landlords to evict their tenants at a moment’s notice, leaving misery and homelessness in its wake. #EndSection21

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@LDNRentersUnion

5 years

THRILLED to share that our member Mary has won £5,370 back from an agent that pressured the money out of her and refused to return it. A massive WIN after months of collective campaigning. 🥳👊💰💥 #YesDSS Read more:

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

Violent illegal eviction - BLOCKED! After more than 24 hours, our community picket in Leytonstone has forced the estate agent to back off. The government has let renters down during the pandemic, but together we're powerful. #NoEvictions

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

The London Renters Union is calling for nothing short of a moratorium on evictions & SUSPENSION of rent payments in this time. We demand security in the homes of renters and workers in these unstable times. Renters should not come out of this in DEBT to landlords either.

Nadine El-Enany

@NadineElEnany

4 years

We urgently need a moratorium on evictions. I have loved ones who are affected. @LDNRentersUnion

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

The government must not lift the evictions ban. Here's our incredible organiser Ghazal explaining why on @BBCNewsnight last night. Grassroots campaigners like her are why the government is considering another U-turn. You can join her here:

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

As it stands courts remain open for eviction cases. Ministers have asked bailiffs not to enforce evictions. But this is non-binding guidance that landlords will fight in court. If the Tories cared about the millions who rent they’d ban Section 21 evictions & cancel rent debt

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

Earlier the government told media it had 'extended the eviction ban'. The details are out and in fact this is a LIE. @RobertJenrick has given the go ahead to evictions of large numbers of people in rent debt starting Monday. Just as Covid deaths reach a new high. THREAD ⬇️

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

📣 MASSIVE COURT VICTORY AGAINST ILLEGAL EVICTION 📣 Sinthia was illegally evicted in 2018. We can now announce that Sinthia last week won a HUGE victory in court against her former landlord worth *tens of thousands of pounds*. 🧵

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

"The government will also issue guidance which asks landlords to show compassion." lol

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Support @RobertJenrick is giving landlords: 💰Mortgage holidays extended 💰Tenants told rent due in full 💰Viewings continue 💰Courts still open for evictions For renters: 🧐 Non-binding guidance to bailiffs to pause some evictions & basically nothing else BAN EVICTIONS NOW

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

🚨Important info 🚨 The eviction ban ends today. Landlords will use this to claim that people with rent debt have to leave their home immediately. But you only have to leave IF your landlord follows the proper process. This can take many months. Pass it on. More info⬇️ 🧵

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@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

We’ve had enough of disrepair, mould, broken boilers and cold homes. Councils have powers to regulate landlords but don't use them nearly enough. Ahead of local elections in May we're demanding councils #SideWithRenters . Write to your candidates➡️

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@LDNRentersUnion

6 years

Success! A landlord in south London has called off an illegal eviction of one of our members he was planning tomorrow morning after we made clear we'd take direct action to prevent the eviction and claim compensation if he tried to go ahead.

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

EVICTION RESISTANCE WIN 📣 Today a landlord illegally evicted our member, threw his stuff out & changed the locks. LRU Brent and local activists took action to pressure the landlord. Now our member is back home. If you’re in rent debt or facing eviction, we’ve got your back.

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

BOOM. *2,500* renters have now joined us: they #CantPayWontPay We're withholding rent from our landlords, to force the government to protect renters. Check out the full report from @JamWaterhouse for the BBC. And join our movement here⬇️

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@LDNRentersUnion

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8) The landlord lobby does not care about our lives. They do not see homes. Only assets. They do not see people struggling to make ends meet. Only “problem tenants” and massive profits.

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@LDNRentersUnion

9 months

Claudia Jones, the founder of NHC was a communist and stanchly anti-capitalist. This would go against her own values and the vision of NHC as resistance to state repression. Everybody, not just the elite, deserves a good home where they have enough room, feel safe and secure.

HeWantsWealth© 🇯🇲📈💸💎

@hewantswealth

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I reached out to the organisers of Notting Hill Carnival to have an “Investment float” so we could discuss everything property & investing at Carni whilst eating a Jerk chicken & Roti but nobody came back to me. Maybe next year.

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

📣CALLING ALL RENTERS 📣 Inspired by our new #CantPayWontPay video ft @Lowkey0nline ? Then visit and: ⚡️Add your voice to a growing movement 🏠Join a city-wide network of people ready to resist evictions 🥰Get info & support if you’re in rent debt

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@LDNRentersUnion

9 months

Mould has been found in the lungs of Luke Brooks who died after his landlord repeatedly refused to tackle the damp and mould in his family home. We cannot allow landlords to put their profits over our safety anymore.

Guardian news

@guardiannews

9 months

Mould found in lungs of man who died in house with chronic damp, inquest hears

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

New shadow housing minister @LucyMPowell is a landlord. As are 109 other MPs. We’ve written to Powell asking her to stop collecting rent from her lodger. You can either be a landlord or you can be on the side of renters. You can’t be both. 🧵 1/

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@LDNRentersUnion

10 months

Rent controls. Now.

Financial Times

@FT

10 months

Foxtons’ profits climb on higher rents as buyers retreat

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@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

Councils have powers to regulate estate agents and landlords but don’t use them. Join our campaign to fix that: #SideWithRenters

Take action: Ask your council to #SideWithRenters

Add your voice to a growing movement

londonrentersunion.org

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@LDNRentersUnion

7 months

We need rent controls to bring the rent down.

Guardian news

@guardiannews

8 months

Supply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point ever

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@LDNRentersUnion

10 months

There's nothing "harmonious" about a housing system that hands valuable assets to a small group of people while forcing the rest of us to pay extortionate rents and live with a lifetime of insecurity.

HeWantsWealth© 🇯🇲📈💸💎

@hewantswealth

10 months

Had to increase tenants rent by £275per month. I think tenants are starting to understand and empathise with landlords due to interest rates hikes. It’s Better when landlords & tenants work harmoniously 🤝🏾

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London has the poorest quality housing in the UK. Londoners also pay the highest rents. This is the inevitable result of a housing system run by and for landlords. It doesn't have to be this way. We must build a housing system for people, not profit.

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@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

🎥WATCH renter power in action - we stopped the bailiffs last week. Then JOIN us in fighting for: ⭐️changes to the law so it's harder for landlords to evict us 🏡rent controls that stop us being forced out of our communities by sky-high rents

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4 years

Happening now: 100+ renters holding socially distanced protest outside Canary Plaza hotel, owned by billionaire landlord John Christodoulou to protest his attempts to evict renters at Somerford Grove during a pandemic after they asked for Covid rent reduction

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4 years

So. Let's get this straight. Retailers don't have to their pay rent during the Coronavirus pandemic but us workers and carers still have to pay ours? 😡😡😡😡😡 The government needs to #SuspendRent so we can feel safe and prioritise food over rent.

The Guardian

@guardian

4 years

Commercial property landlords banned from demanding rent arrears

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4 years

This U-turn has been forced through by people power. But until there’s a permanent evictions ban and rent debt is forgiven, the government will just be kicking the can down the road.

Alan McGuinness

@Alan_McGuinness

4 years

NEW: The eviction ban in England will be extended until 20th September, Sky News understands. Official announcement expected later.

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3 years

🔥VICTORY for the union!🔥 The landlord had no case at all - we forced them to cancel the eviction and our member is now BACK inside with his possessions

London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

RIGHT NOW we are resisting an illegal lock change eviction by @londonphhomes in Hackney. The landlord’s agent is loading all our member’s possessions into a van. The reason given for the eviction is one week’s rent arrears but NO court process has been followed

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💥SUCCESSFUL EVICTION RESISTANCE 💥 When renters unite we stop evictions! Members in Hackney blocked our member's doorway AND members in Newham took a visit to the Estate Agent who had threatened to evict our member today. Together we made sure the eviction didn't happen!

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2 years

💥VICTORY💥 Members at Evelyn Court, Hackney have just won a negotiation with @IDS_Housing association! Members took action today after living for years with dangerous damp, mould & disrepair. IDS has tried to ignore the problem, but now members are demanding solutions! (1/4)

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9 months

Correction: renters are the ones losing their homes. These landlords are simply losing an unearned income stream.

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

9 months

📈 Hundreds of landlords have had their homes repossessed as the number falling behind on mortgage payments soars

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Rajesh Jayaseelan died in fear of eviction. He starved bc he was worried his landlord would discover he was ill His death is an utter tragedy We need to make sure this NEVER happens again and end evictions for good. No one should ever have to choose between food or rent 🖤✊

The Guardian

@guardian

4 years

Uber driver dies from Covid-19 after hiding it over fear of eviction

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London Renters Union

@LDNRentersUnion

2 years

40% of the council homes sold through Thatcher’s right to buy are now rented out by landlords. Extending right to buy to housing associations will drive up rents & leave many more of us trapped in private rented housing. We need more not less social housing and rent controls.

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📈 No matter how much landlords complain, the numbers are clear. *Landlord profit* is the driving force of the rental crisis ruining lives across the country.

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10 months

So-called "affordable" renting schemes are denying people housing who earn less than £36,000 a year. That's more than the average UK salary! We need council homes, not rip-off rents dressed up as "affordable."

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

10 months

Renters earning £30k not eligible for affordable housing schemes

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Mortgage payments suspended, but renters get nothing! 📢Our demands📢 Emergency protections to stop ALL evictions 💥 Rent payments suspended for ALL renters 💥 Use empty homes to house homeless people💥 Sign our petition 👇

Protect renters during coronavirus!

On March 18, the government announced a 3-month ban on evictions, thanks to the efforts of 38 Degrees members, London Renters Union and the renters movement. However, the legislation that the...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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3 years

Hundreds of people in Glasgow blocked an immigration detention van. They forced the police to release two people taken from their homes. Big up @no_evictions ! SOLIDARITY IS POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL ♥️

Eileen ReidBoulter

@ReidEileen1

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Never have I been prouder to live in this wonderful community. #kenmurestreet

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10 months

Bekah was forced to move after the landlord demanded 70% of their total income, nearly an extra £5000 a year. Rent caps. Now.

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1 year

Rent rises are forcing us out of our homes so we're moving into foxtons instead! #rentfreezenow !

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Hi @RobertJenrick . Lots of us can’t stay at home because we still have to pay rent. Those of us who’ve lost income are getting into rent debt and face eviction after the ‘eviction ban’ is lifted. To protect our health: 🚨 #SuspendRent now! 🏠 Make the evictions ban permanent

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11 months

3) The seminars are even more revealing. Here we have Kane Andrews, private school OWNER and founder of "Rockstar Properties", admitting that his wealth is built entirely off the backs of other people’s hard work. 🤫 Psst, Kane! You’re saying the quiet part out loud!

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11 months

Reminder that nearly half of rented homes have NO mortgage. Many landlords with mortgages *only* pay the interest. Landlords have had it too good for too long. Outrageous they're willing to force renters further into poverty & homelessness to keep massive profits going up.

Guardian news

@guardiannews

11 months

UK mortgage rate crisis driving record rent squeeze as landlords pass higher costs on to tenants

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@LDNRentersUnion

3 years

We're here in E11 to stop an illegal eviction. Since the start of the pandemic more and more landlords are resorting to illegal eviction. Will @wfcouncil step in to protect their resident?

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11 months

💥 HAPPENING NOW: We're outside of the National Landlord Investment Show to demand an END to BIG RENT HIKES forcing us out of our homes. While we struggle to pay our bills and worry about where we will live, they profit. 💸 Gov must take action and cap rents. #NoRentHikes

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4 years

🎉 SUCCESS! 🎉 We're hearing that more and more of our members are winning negotiations with their landlord to #SuspendRent using our letter template.

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1 year

Another housing system is possible. Spain and Portugal are investing in public homes and capping private rents. We must build renter power to transform our housing system and win homes for people, not profit.

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

More than 100 people came to our Stop Evictions training earlier this week. Today our Eviction Resistance Teams were out in Newham, Tower Hamlets, Brent, Hackney and Lewisham. We’ve already helped dozens of our members stay in their homes and prevented several illegal evictions.

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@LDNRentersUnion

4 years

Here's our analysis of the promises made by the main parties compared to what we demanded in the Renter Manifesto #GE2019 #RenterPower

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5 months

The cake said it best.

BBC London

@BBCLondonNews

6 months

Older Londoners are struggling to make ends meet in the capital's private rental market.

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3 years

🇵🇸 We at the London Renters Union stand proudly in solidarity with the Palestinian people We demand the UK government hold Israel accountable for its actions + decades of oppression of Palestinians, + end the arms trade with Israel Read our full statement here #SaveSheikhJarrah

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Half your working week, you are working for your landlord. People power has brought rents down in the past. People power can do it again. We've got a plan to win rent controls and take back our lives. But we need you:

Join London Renters Union

We're planning collective action to keep renters safe from rent debt and evictions

londonrentersunion.org

Politics UK

@PolitlcsUK

1 month

🚨 NEW: One in five tenants are now spending over half their salary on rent [ @Thisismoney ]

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3 months

Without real change, there will be a whole generation of us still working and paying rent at the age of 70. Security in later life shouldn't be a luxury for the asset-rich. It is everyone's basic right.

Guardian news

@guardiannews

3 months

UK state pension age will soon need to rise to 71, say experts

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4 years

Yes! @UKLabour and @TheGreenParty now backing protections for renters. We need government action: ✨ Suspension of all rent payments not just ‘deferral’ ⚠️ Halt to all evictions, as announced in New York and Barcelona 🏠London’s 22,000 empty homes used to house the homeless

Jeremy Corbyn

@jeremycorbyn

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The government must act.

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We are appalled that @StMungos @Stonewallhousin have called the police on our member in East London & are evicting him - during a pandemic - after giving just 24 hrs notice. You're still to explain how your actions are legal. Do you want to end homelessness or create it?

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