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Renting during the pandemic

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2804 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Almost half a million UK households are facing rent arrears according to a report from the Resolution Foundation published this week. That's in large part the result of people losing their jobs or losing pay during the pandemic. The eviction ban, which had been due to expire, has now been been extended. Louise Cooper and her panel of guests consider the impact that the end of the ban will eventually have on the rental market. They will also consider the size and severity of the property maintenance backlog that has built up over the past year and answer other questions from tenants and landlords.

Contributors: Sara Stephens, partner Anthony Gold Solicitors John Stewart, deputy director policy and research National Residential Landlords Association Ruth Ehrlich, policy manager Shelter

Presenter: Louise Cooper Producer: Darin Graham Editor: Rosamund Jones

Transcript

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0:00.0

In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

0:08.0

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

0:12.0

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

0:18.0

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

0:21.4

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

0:25.1

I wouldn't even know where to start.

0:26.7

And I'm with the IRA.

0:28.5

Steakknife.

0:29.7

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:33.5

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:37.8

Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about your money.

0:42.3

Today is all about renting during the pandemic.

0:45.6

Many tenants have seen their incomes fall after they've lost their jobs,

0:49.1

been put on furlough or been working fewer hours.

0:52.6

And of course, that hits their ability to pay for the roof over their heads.

0:57.0

Thanks to COVID, almost half a million families have fallen behind with their rent,

1:01.5

according to the Redisolution Foundation.

1:04.4

Currently, there's a government ban on evicting tenants,

1:07.3

which has just been extended until the end of March.

1:09.9

So there is some protection

1:11.2

for renters during lockdown. But what about after that? And what about landlords who may be

1:17.3

reliant on the rental income their properties usually provide? We want to hear from you,

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