Money Box Live: Rental Health Special
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah and Winifred Robinson take questions on the legal rights of renters with experts Jasmine Basran from the housing and homelessness charity Crisis and Tessa Shepperson founder of the The Landlord Law Services she advises landlords of their legal rights and responsibilities.
The number of people renting across England, Wales and Scotland has more than doubled in the last decade.
The picture in Northern Ireland is similar with the numbers of people renting is up by nearly 2 thirds in the last 20 years.
Producer: Catherine Lund Studio Manager: Mitch Goodall Editor: Clare Worden
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| 0:43.1 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox Live podcast. The number of people renting across England, |
| 0:48.3 | Wales and Scotland has more than doubled in the last decade. And it's a similar picture |
| 0:53.0 | in Northern Ireland, where the number is up almost two-thirds in the last decade. And it's a similar picture in Northern Ireland where the number is up almost two-thirds |
| 0:56.0 | in the last 20 years. |
| 0:58.0 | So what does that mean for the finances of those renters? |
| 1:01.0 | And what are your rights? |
| 1:03.0 | Across the BBC this week, we're looking at how the rental market is working for you |
| 1:07.0 | as part of our rental health series. |
| 1:09.0 | And in what I think is technically called a mash-up, |
| 1:11.8 | I'm joined today by Winifred Robinson, who presents Radio 4's consumer program, you and yours. |
| 1:16.9 | Winifred, welcome to Moneybox Live. Well, I'll say what the guests always say these days. Thank you for |
| 1:21.1 | having me. It's a pleasure to have you. But you've actually been looking at rental issues |
| 1:25.3 | on you and yours today. What did you find out? |
| 1:31.2 | Well, we had loads and loads of stories from our listeners, from renters, from landlords. |
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