{"id":1808,"date":"2017-04-03T10:29:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T10:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2017-04-03T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T10:29:39","slug":"britains-largest-landlord-to-be-investigated-over-racist-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/britains-largest-landlord-to-be-investigated-over-racist-remarks.html","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Largest Landlord to be Investigated over Racist Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fergus Wilson, Britain\u2019s largest landlord caused uproar after he was reported to have told letting agents not to let any of his properties to \u201ccoloured\u201d people. He justified his remarks by telling letting agents in Evolution, the agency he uses, that \u201ccoloured\u201d people leave curry smells at the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.tenant_check_in_check_out.html#watch-demo-anchor\">tenancy<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.letting_agent_headers.html#watch-demo-anchor\">agency<\/a> said they did not condone Wilson\u2019s remarks and would therefore not implement anything he said in his email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Landlord Faces Legal Action<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission watchdog are now investigating Wilson\u2019s comments and have warned him that he could face legal action. Rebecca Hilsenrath, chief executive of the commission, described Mr Wilson\u2019s remarks as \u201ctruly disgusting\u201d. She said they reveal the \u201cdeep inequalities\u201d still prevalent in UK society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a country we all assume we have left the dark ages behind, but clearly there is more to be done. We will investigate and will be asking Mr Wilson to explain his actions. Unless we are satisfied that he will not commit unlawful acts in the future we will take legal action\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campaign Group Condemns Landlord<\/strong><br \/>\nCampaign group Hope Not Hate were quick to respond to Wilson\u2019s comments and described them as \u201cserious in their implication\u201d. They told the Guardian newspaper that landlords like Wilson could not treat people in such a despicable fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the unacceptable face of the housing crisis,\u201d said a spokesperson for the group.<\/p>\n<p>Fergus Wilson has been unavailable for comment ever since the news of his email comments broke, but he may have to resurface if Kent Police decides to get involved in the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fergus Wilson, Britain\u2019s largest landlord caused uproar after he was reported to have told letting agents not to let any of his properties to \u201ccoloured\u201d people. He justified his remarks by telling letting agents in Evolution, the agency he uses, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/britains-largest-landlord-to-be-investigated-over-racist-remarks.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-1808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808","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=1808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}