Tenants have so few rights, a whole street can be evicted at once – that’s obscene | Poppy Noor

Other countries ensure people who rent are secure in their homes. What can’t we do the same?

Imagine being a mother of five and finding yourself evicted from your home without reason, with two months to find a new place, a new deposit and to settle into a new home.

Ellen Gavigan doesn’t have to imagine . She will be evicted in March – the third time since she began renting – because her landlord, buy-to-rent mogul Fergus Wilson, plans to sell the entire cul-de-sac of houses, putting all the tenants on the street. Wilson, who with his wife owns 700 properties in Kent, gets £600,000 a month from rental income alone but is selling up because he wants to retire.

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from Property | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Bghe5H
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