RENTERS have “won in twelve minutes” against an “immoral” housing agency which attempted to threaten tenants with homelessness because of their political activity.

Members of the Acorn tenants’ union in Manchester and Liverpool undertook major actions today in defence of a member who had been threatened with a Section 21 notice for refusing to pay letting fees.

The fees were banned by the government in June this year, but still applied for people who signed contracts with housing agencies before that month, unless the agency waived them.