{"id":1128,"date":"2013-10-25T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:24:29","slug":"tenants-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/tenants-fight-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Tenants Fight Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers of people renting instead of buying has never been higher, but with reports of landlords and letting agents placing unnecessary restrictions on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.create_tenant.html#watch-demo-anchor\">tenants<\/a>, according to the Guardian, many of them are not taking this lying down. All over the country, tenants are joining forces and going on the warpath in an attempt to restore the balance of justice in their favour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rise of Tenants\u2019 Groups<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cost of renting homes in the UK is now at an all-time high. The average tenant pays more than \u00a3750 per month. Yet despite this many tenants are being forced to pay unfair fees and live in badly maintained properties run by rogue landlords. As a result it is hardly surprising that tenants feel the need to set up support groups and campaign against unfair fees and retaliatory evictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Landlord Ratings<\/strong><br \/>\nOne such group is called the Tenants\u2019 Voice\u2014its members are people who came together to share their experiences of the letting industry, both good and bad. The group is still in its infancy, but already they have a huge following on Facebook and are planning a \u2018trip advisor\u2019 style ratings website where tenants can leave feedback about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.create_letting_agent.html#watch-demo-anchor\">landlords and letting agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenants\u2019 Coalition<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd they are not alone: there are other tenants\u2019 groups springing up all over the UK where tenants in the same area have formed a coalition in order to seek redress against rip-off letting agents and dodgy landlords. As an individual, their voice was faint, but as a group, they are able to wield a lot more power.<\/p>\n<p>Landlords: how do you feel about tenants\u2019 groups? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers of people renting instead of buying has never been higher, but with reports of landlords and letting agents placing unnecessary restrictions on tenants, according to the Guardian, many of them are not taking this lying down. All over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/tenants-fight-back.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}