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HUNDREDS of tenants rallied across England on Saturday, calling on MPs to back the serious changes to the private rental sector needed as part of the upcoming Renters’ Reform Bill.
Members of community union Acorn gathered in Brighton, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Sheffield and Walsall, sharing their experiences of private renting and putting their demands to MPs with key ministerial and governmental housing positions.
In Brighton, all-party parliamentary group for reform of the private rental sector vice-chairman Lloyd Russell-Moyle pledged his support.
Acorn member Losal said: “I was born on a London council estate and have lived here all my life.
“Most people I grew up with have been pushed away from the areas we came from.
“Short-term contracts, ever rising rents and the possibility of being evicted at a moment’s notice has left a generation of Londoners being priced out of the city.”
Acorn Brighton member Drew said: “Successive governments have failed to reform the private rented sector and give England’s 11 million private renters a decent place to call home — this needs to change.”
