Tenants

Metro Tony is facing eviction instead of enjoying retirement; Limarra isn't 'homeless enough' to get help from the council; & for Kelly & her asthmatic son, another new rented house is a matter of life & death. This is 21st century Britain, where millions are forced into the private rental sector - a sector that creates profit for landlords, not safe & stable homes for tenants. In this fierce & moving account, journalist Vicky Spratt traces decades of bad policy decisions to show how & why the British dream of homeownership has withered & the safety net of social housing has broken. Through the lives of those in the renting trap, she illuminates the ways this crisis is devastating our health, communities & political landscape. But, as the Covid epidemic showed, there are also real, radical steps we can take to give everyone the chance of a good home.