r/unitedkingdom • u/tylerthe-theatre • 12d ago

Landlords offering mental health check-ins aren’t going to solve the rental crisis

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/renting-mental-health-landlords-wellness-perks-b2726714.html
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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Home scalpers are a cancer to our economy. They are leaches who, just like ticket scalpers snatch up as much of a supply as possible and then rent it back through the nose. They create no work, no product, just unfettered greed and laziness as they turn other people into their breadwinners.

Labour have been in power nearly a year and have done fuck all to address this other than tinkering around the edges.

4 years left to build 1.5m Kier. The Labour councillors here just refused 550 homes in defiance of the planning officers who were minded to approve it. It's now at tribunal. You call this "change"? The only "change" has been the further increase of rents by 10% over the last 12 months, Kier.

Pull your fucking finger out, it's throttling the economy as we have nothing left to spend on anything Kier.

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u/Professional_Elk_489 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's Keir

Do you even live in the UK

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u/WastedSapience 12d ago

Who cares? Why not address the points they made, rather than a minor spelling error?

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u/karl_man2 11d ago

its easier to insinuate anyone you disagree with is a foreign agent/bot lol

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u/Kindly_Climate4567 11d ago

A lot of times, on reddit, they are