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Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Politics

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row

Reports in the i said Labour MP Ali, who has been homelessness minister since July 2024, gave tenants notice to leave the London townhouse she owns before putting it back on the market for £700 a month more
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Renters from the Acorn Norwich branch confront a landlord in protest at a landlord conference
RENTING

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants
Renting

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants

These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges
RENTING

These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits
Renting

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits

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Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year
private rented homes
Renting

Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year

Renters to hold protests across England this weekend over ‘broken system’
rent
Renting

Renters to hold protests across England this weekend over ‘broken system’