Wandsworth is a great place to live. But rents are going up and up - now many people pay more than 50% of their income in rent.
Most landlords are responsible and provide good quality properties. However a minority of rogue landlords rent out substandard homes, take money they shouldn’t - and evict renters who ask for improvements.
Wandsworth’s Tory council refuses to tackle the problem. They prosecuted just a single rogue landlord last year.
We can do better - we need a fair deal for renters. Sign our petition today to:
* Back Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, to get the power to cap rents
* Get the council to set up a landlord licensing scheme in areas of worst practice, to drive up standards
* Demand that the current 6- or 12-month rental contracts, where the landlord can evict you for no reason, are replaced with open-ended contracts that have more rights for renters
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Reached 100 supporters
October 13, 2019
27 Comments
Being evicted at two month's notice is not a trivial matter when you have a busy job and securing alternative accomodation is a complex and time-consuming task. Renter's rights in UK should be equivalent to those in France or Germany
I live in Wandsworth and think a fairer deal for renters would make it an even better place to live, with more security and peace of mind.
These measures are a good start towards controlling exploitative landlords but many more are required - rent tribunals, taking over empty properties, no passport checking of tenants, social not ‘affordable’ rents, modernise estates & stop landlords taking over council housing.
I think it's disgusting that they can charge what they want and don't bother doing the rent. I had a friend who improved the property because she thought she was there for s while then he said he was selling . I know he is entitled to do that but then he said he had another property she could rent so she thought ok good and she improved that property then again he said he was selling. He was waiting for her to improve these properties so he could get the best profit when selling them . He was not only getting the high rent he was charging. But she paid for the improvement of the property.
wandsworth could do much to address the income inequality in housing. The inequalify ranges from the mentioned on the cusp of being homeless, paying most of their earnings and UC on rent, to those who collect properties as trophies in and around nine elms and wandsworth riverside. Although major policies to address this inequality comes from the government, WBC could allow landlords to let on the condition that they provide certain standards of size,repair and rent at 1/3 the tenant’s earnings. Other councils could follow suit. They could also tax the mentioned empty flats and use the momey for resources to help enforce the new bylaws and for discretionary housing benefit.
Rents are ridiculously high not even a mortgage costs as much as the rents
Keep up the good work
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Wandsworth is a great place to live. But rents are going up and up - now many people pay more than 50% of their income in rent.
Most landlords are responsible and provide good quality properties. However a minority of rogue landlords rent out substandard homes, take money they shouldn’t - and evict renters who ask for improvements.
Wandsworth’s Tory council refuses to tackle the problem. They prosecuted just a single rogue landlord last year.
We can do better - we need a fair deal for renters. Sign our petition today to:
* Back Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, to get the power to cap rents
* Get the council to set up a landlord licensing scheme in areas of worst practice, to drive up standards
* Demand that the current 6- or 12-month rental contracts, where the landlord can evict you for no reason, are replaced with open-ended contracts that have more rights for renters
Agree? Sign our petition now:
We will only use your details to contact you about this campaign and in line with the aims of this petition. See also web-site privacy policy.
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Reached 100 supporters
October 13, 2019
27 Comments
We had open ended tenancies and rent control until the 1980's and they should definitely return. A properly resourced landlord licensing scheme would go a long way towards eliminating bad standards.
Being evicted at two month's notice is not a trivial matter when you have a busy job and securing alternative accomodation is a complex and time-consuming task. Renter's rights in UK should be equivalent to those in France or Germany
I live in Wandsworth and think a fairer deal for renters would make it an even better place to live, with more security and peace of mind.
These measures are a good start towards controlling exploitative landlords but many more are required - rent tribunals, taking over empty properties, no passport checking of tenants, social not ‘affordable’ rents, modernise estates & stop landlords taking over council housing.
I think it's disgusting that they can charge what they want and don't bother doing the rent. I had a friend who improved the property because she thought she was there for s while then he said he was selling . I know he is entitled to do that but then he said he had another property she could rent so she thought ok good and she improved that property then again he said he was selling. He was waiting for her to improve these properties so he could get the best profit when selling them . He was not only getting the high rent he was charging. But she paid for the improvement of the property.
wandsworth could do much to address the income inequality in housing. The inequalify ranges from the mentioned on the cusp of being homeless, paying most of their earnings and UC on rent, to those who collect properties as trophies in and around nine elms and wandsworth riverside. Although major policies to address this inequality comes from the government, WBC could allow landlords to let on the condition that they provide certain standards of size,repair and rent at 1/3 the tenant’s earnings. Other councils could follow suit. They could also tax the mentioned empty flats and use the momey for resources to help enforce the new bylaws and for discretionary housing benefit.
Rents are ridiculously high not even a mortgage costs as much as the rents
Keep up the good work
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We had open ended tenancies and rent control until the 1980's and they should definitely return. A properly resourced landlord licensing scheme would go a long way towards eliminating bad standards.