Report from our fourth Annual General Meeting (but first on Zoom!)
Living Rent’s fourth proper Annual General Meeting on 18th July will hopefully go down in history as the only one held on Zoom. That said it was empowering to see over 60 of us gather to celebrate the past year and plan for further tenant power in Scotland.
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Protect renters - now and after the virus!
Protect renters from evictions and unaffordable rents -- both during the pandemic and in its aftermath.
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Partick Housing - save lives: clean up your act
Partick Housing tenants, as featured on the BBC, are fighting back against hygiene neglect during the pandemic.
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National day of action to protest re-opening of housing tribunal
Living Rent issue landlords and courts ‘notice’ that tenants will fight evictions
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Three years on: Justice for Grenfell
Three years on since the Grenfell tower fire - we continue to stand in solidarity with all those seeking justice for the victims of Grenfell.
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Work for Living Rent
Living Rent is looking for two community organisers to join our organisation in Glasgow and Edinburgh and fight for social and economic change. You will work closely with Living Rent’s members in Glasgow and Edinburgh, joining a growing team of Living Rent organisers in Scotland. Hours: FT (35h) or PT (22.5h) Pay: Living wage £9.30 per hour.
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Negotiating Rent with your Union by your Side
Maria and Martha, two Member Defence Representatives, report back from their work fighting for rent reductions and suspensions during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Edinburgh City Council Flout Fire Safety In Muirhouse High Rise
City of Edinburgh council are putting their tenants’ lives at risk by failing to repair defective fire doors in the Oxcars Court Council high-rise in Muirhouse. The Fire Brigade have stated they are sending officers to investigate.
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Open Letter: Protect renters now
Today, three of the UK’s biggest tenants unions - ACORN, Living Rent and London Renters Union - released an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick. In the letter, backed by academics, civil society and union leaders, the groups make three demands on the UK government: to suspend all rent immediately; to cancel all rent debt; and to put in place stronger protections against eviction.
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