The Guardian | Landlords evicting tenants before law to prevent practice comes into force in England by Isaaq Tomkins

No-fault evictions made up one in three reports made to renters’ union Acorn in January

Increasing numbers of landlords are evicting tenants at the last minute before the law changes to outlaw the practice in next month, charities have said.

The renters’ union Acorn told the Guardian that no-fault evictions made up one in five of the reports they received from members in October, rising to nearly one in three by January.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/landlords-no-fault-evictions-tenants-renters-rights-bill-law

#landlords #tenants #no-faultevictions #renters’union #law

another urban object lesson in metaphor for the kids, Napoleon Brousseau's installation "Ten Ants" (1984) on the exterior of The Cameron House, a witty representation of its tenants 🏨 🐜

#napoleonbrousseau #thecameronhouse #tenants #metaphor

There has long been a mistaken assumption in #Georgism circles that #landlords cannot pass on the cost of higher #LandValueTax onto #tenants, but that has never been true.

Landlords do not pay #LVT unless they have no tenants. The land user is the one that pays, not the land owner. The landlord merely acts as intermediary.

#Taxes are always and only ever paid by the only entity who cannot shift them—the end user.

We have not yet begun to discover how high land rents can rise. …