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Homelessness minister threw out her tenants - then increased rent by £700 a month (inews.co.uk)

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

This is a tough one. First, I don't think MPs shoupd be landlords, but:

She wanted to sell the house
She waited until the renters contract expired
She did offer a rolling contract to the current renters at their existing rent until the house sold
They declined
She put the house on the market and opened it up to any short-term renters who wanted to stay there while it was on the market
She listed it for current going rate
Someone took it
The house is still for sale.

To me, there isn't much wrong with that, what is wrong is:

She didn't wait 6 months. Not only is this terrible, but the optics are horrible and she should know that
She is using a tenant agency that tried to charge them a ton of move-out fees (She did have them canceled)

And..

She's the HOMELESSNESS MINISTER?!?! Sheash.

Edit: Some additional context from UK peoples - some letting agencies will relist your home without telling you. Fun stuff.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 5 points 5 days ago