The ‘landlord of the year’ is being announced but most buy-to-let opportunists obtain their tenants’ lives hell – giving them a prize is like giving Stalin a humanitarian awardThe landlord of the year award is announced on Monday,bestowed by the domestic insurance provider domestic Protect. “Landlords often accept a bad rap,” the CEO explains on its website, and I’ll stop him there. They don’t accept a bad enough rap.
When they attain obtain the news,you already know the story. Tory landlords dragging their absentee, ancient arses into parliament solely to vote down a bill that says rented properties should be “fit for human habitation”. “Lockdown” landlords bleeding councils dry, and installing vulnerable people in micro-units,with inadequate fire provisions, so they can soak up treble the housing benefit. Who can forget the competition in the Daily Mail that offered up a buy-to-let property as top prize? This, or from a paper that crucifies scroungers. Scroungers being people who live off others,and shirk their responsibilities. But back to landlords, eh?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk