Latest editorial
UCL students in third round of rent strikes
‘We want 40% cut after 56% rise since 2009’
STUDENTS at University College London (UCL) kicked off a third round of rent strikes yesterday with a demand for a 40 per cent rent cut.
Over 150 people living in halls of residence suspended their rent payments, setting the college back £250,000.
UCL has argued that much of its housing is already on the lowest pricing band and that the problem lies with the housing crisis in the capital.
Similar stories
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
A new Bill seeks to prevent price-gouging landlords evicting tenants under dubious grounds only to hike up the rent for the next tenant. Living Rent is campaigning hard to make sure this provision becomes law, writes ADITI JEHANGIR