LoginMatt Allwright: Letting away with it
Unscrupulous landlords and agents have plagued the housing market for years
Posted 17 December 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Property and Housing|National
OPINION: Drawing on experiences filming Rogue Traders, Matt Allwright argues that weak regulation has allowed rogue letting agents to exploit tenants, and calls for stronger oversight of a rapidly expanding private rental sector.
Let me take you back four or five years to a tiny balcony somewhere in North West London. I’m filming Rogue Traders on this balcony with a letting agent who is threatening to jump to get away from our cameras. He is also claiming to have a heart condition which could kill him at any moment, and emphasising that I will be responsible for his demise, whether caused by coronary or concrete.
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