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Tenants Are Facing 'Revenge Evictions' After Demanding a Rent Reduction
Multiple people in east London face eviction despite having always paid their rent, and say they have been surveilled by agents acting for their billionaire landlord.
What Newly Government-Approved 'Slum Housing' Could Look Like
Permitted Development Rights allows for flats to be built in empty office buildings – and as small as 157 square-foot.
Homeless People Are Moving Into Vacant Homes in Philly and Fixing Them Up
But the owner wants them out.
Homelessness Could Skyrocket Because of the Coronavirus Rent Debt Crisis
Housing campaign group Generation Rent say that over half a million renters have reported being behind on rent payments in England alone, which could send 45,000 households into homelessness.
Life For Rent: Our Letting Agent Stole Our Rent and Disappeared
Plus: what's the best way to terminate a student housing contract?
Couple Says Landlord Is Using a Legal Loophole to Get Around Eviction Ban
These Toronto residents say their only “crime” is taking part in the Keep Your Rent movement during the coronavirus pandemic.
Landlords Can’t Evict Their Tenants, So They're Shutting Off Utilities and Threatening Them Instead
“I’m certain they’re aware it’s illegal, and I’m certain they don’t care.”
It Only Took a Pandemic to Drop Rent Prices in Canada's Most Expensive Cities
Units that used to be Airbnbs are now long-term rentals and tenants are staying put, pushing prices down in Toronto and Vancouver.
A Third of Americans Didn't Pay Their Rent or Mortgage in May, Survey Says
A lot of the people who were able to afford housing costs in April couldn't make the same payments in May.
A California Landlord Gave His Stimulus Check to His Tenants So They Could Pay Rent
“My wife and I spent hours talking about it and feeling bad that it wasn’t enough and we couldn’t do more,” the landlord told KNTV.
New York City Tenants Want the State to Cancel Their Rent. So They’re Going on Strike.
“People don’t have the money to pay the rent, and what we’re asking them to do is politicize that experience,” said Tara Raghuveer.
If You Can't Pay Your Rent, Here's How to Save Your Credit Score
Advice on how to buy yourself time, or break your lease, if you don’t have enough money to pay your landlord this month.