Thousands of renters who just voted Tory could be evicted next month – because of Tories
Stop evictions: this was a protest in 2016 – before Covid, furloughs, and eviction bans. The question is: will the Tories do anything to stop evictions in 2021? My guess is they won’t.
The short-sightedness of the voting public can be astonishing.
As a result of the Covid-19 furlough scheme that asked people to live on 80 per cent of their normal income, families – that’s right, families – are facing eviction from their private-sector rented homes when the eviction ban ends at the end of this month.
According to Citizens Advice, half a million private renters were behind with their rent in January. That figure is only likely to have increased.
Average debt is £730, but the total amount of arrears is said to be £370 million, and around 150,000 people are likely to face eviction after the end of the month.
More than 2,000 possession orders were made between October and December last year – and those tenants are likely to be forced out of their homes in June.
They had a stay of execution (of those orders) because of the eviction ban that stops landlords from sending in the bailiffs and obliges them to give six months’ notice of court action.
Of course, all that ends on May 31, meaning hundreds of thousands of people could be homeless by June 2.
They are typically in insecure jobs, often on zero-hours contracts, and in industries that have suffered disproportionately over the past year.
Strange, isn’t it? Back in, say, the 1970s, an entire family could afford to mortgage a house, cover their living expenses and enjoy a decent holiday, all on the earnings of just one parent.
Now, most people can’t afford to rent a home, even with both parents and all the children (who can legally do so) working.
That’s 40 years of Tory – or fake-Tory – government for you.
And last week, I’m willing to bet, a significant proportion of those facing eviction voted for the party that put them in danger of it – the Tories.
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“Back in, say, the 1970s, an entire family could afford to mortgage a house, cover their living expenses and enjoy a decent holiday, all on the earnings of just one parent” – ah well, that’s progress for you…
Over 730 pound a month crikey how
Can someone earning just over 240 pounds
Afford a family and live ouch but blue labour under stammer the spammer wouldn’t get
Much better treatment untill these blue Tories
Are shown the door then on it goes
Dont vote Torys. Why do you beleive what they say.