Tag: rent

What Should Rent Controls Actually Do?
There is a broad consensus across the population that rent controls are a good idea. But they aren’t always radical, or even that progressive. Gordon Maloney outlines the kind of rent controls we should fight for, and how it is we should fight for them.
6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21
Private tenants used to be able to stay in their homes for as long as they were paying the rent. But since the introduction of section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act, landlords have had the power to evict tenants with just two months’ notice without giving them a reason. Here are six reasons section 21 needs to be abolished.
Housing: Crisis and Inequality
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Danny Dorling to discuss the housing crisis in contemporary Britain.
Rent Strike Weekender: Why Students Must Fight Unaffordable Housing Collectively
In the face of extortionate rent prices for student accommodation, students from across the country came together last month at a rent strike weekender to share experiences and build solidarity networks.
5 Lies Landlords Tell About Rent Controls
The Labour leadership election has seen Jeremy Corbyn renew his proposals for rent controls, and the industry response has been as predictable as it is completely devoid of truth or evidence.
How Rising London Rents are Funding Elite Private Schools
While you're shelling out to put a roof over your head, it's easy to forget who owns the ground beneath your feet. For many cash-strapped London students, rent money is helping to feather the nests of the elite - and the situation isn't uncommon.
6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats
Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.
Rent Strike! 3 Lessons from the UCL Cut the Rent Campaign
Having won £400k in compensation last year, the UCL Cut the Rent campaign has once again declared a rent strike, with over 150 students collectively withholding £250k until demands for a 40% rent cut are met.
London’s Housing Crisis: 4 Problems and 6 Solutions
In the election run-up, the housing crisis has conveniently been taken off most agendas apart from the odd nod to 'affordable homes' or the building of a handful of new houses. Here are the pressing problems in housing and some ideas of how we address them.
The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain
We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?
London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face
Over ten percent of UK residents live in London, yet while housing waiting lists remain sky-high, the London 'property market' is a magnet to the global super-rich.
The Housing Crisis
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the housing crisis. We need homes, but why growth?