Vicky Pearlman

Social justice, housing, tea. Housing Policy Manager (private renting) @LDN_gov. Prev policy @Shelter, @CitizensAdvice etc. School Governor.

[Vicky Pearlman @vpplum]

@nearlylegal Also true that data incomplete. Local councils haven't been required to record incidents of damp and mould in this way. Excess cold more likely.

[Jim Gleeson @geographyjim]

How much does poor housing hurt our health, and how much could we save by fixing it? The GLA has just published a new analysis by my colleague Sam Hurst that answers these questions for London!

Here's a thread of the key findings ... https://t.co/IEE6FBREKN

[Vicky Pearlman @vpplum]

@cassier_barton Thank you Wendy, always in safe hands with your housing analysis. Happy retirement.

[Justlife @justlifeuk]

It is not right that in London, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, 1 in 23 children are homeless. In this Peckham primary school, over half of the pupils are homeless. One mum described living in temporary accommodation as "a day-to-day struggle"

https://t.co/iwt8MX0NS7

[Matt Downie @matthew_downie]

This is absolute madness - councils in England are now paying £1.7bn a year to keep people homeless in temporary accommodation.

The answer is of course more social housing. But right now, the Govt can help by unfreezing Housing Benefit. https://t.co/0eBFDpYu48

[Renters' Reform Coalition @RentersReformCo]

Earlier in Parliament:

@AngelaRayner : ‘can we get assurances the renters reform bill will not be scrapped before the King’s Speech?’

@michaelgove: ‘we are reforming private renting…’

We remain very concerned that the government have not provided a date for second reading!!

[Vicky Pearlman @vpplum]

@rosegrayston Congratulations 🥂

[Christa Maciver @ChristaMaciver]

Tough, but such an important read. There are now 131,370 children in temporary accommodation. The impact this will have on their lives is likely to be reach much farther than anyone would want to imagine. Sadly, this number will undoubtedly rise.

[Hilary Burkitt @hilaryburkitt]

This is surely the DREAM JOB for a housing nerd: https://t.co/BG146WRfMz

[Polly Neate @pollyn1]

“The moment parliament resumes, the government must get rid of no-fault evictions, which have made the prospect of a stable home little more than a fantasy for England’s 11 million private renters.”
#EndSection21
#RentersReformBill https://t.co/TVeihK2vyR

[Ben Twomey @BenTwomeyUK]

Thank you @tomcopley for meeting with Alex and I today, to hear Alex's story of her landlord demanding to raise rent by almost £500 before serving her with a s21 no-fault eviction.

The government must end s21 evictions, as it promised 4 years ago, and stop rocketing rent rises.

[Tom Copley @tomcopley]

30% of London’s population live in privately rented homes. 

In Sutton today, I had the opportunity to meet London renters and hear directly about how skyrocketing rents are putting them under serious strain.

[Vicky Pearlman @vpplum]

@RadarLanark My Dad going into care allowed my Mum to be his wife again.

[Jim Gleeson @geographyjim]

As everyone knows, rents for new private tenancies have been rising rapidly of late, and the Greater London Authority has today published an analysis of data on supply of and demand for rental housing in London to try and understand these trends. https://t.co/vls2MkIi7J

[Vicky Pearlman @vpplum]

@nearlylegal Mine too.

[Centre for London @centreforlondon]

Our message is clear:

- The national landlord register can't replace property licensing

- It can complement licensing by helping councils identify rogue landlords.

- Councils can then concentrate their resources on enforcing property standards, with government funding.

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[Centre for London @centreforlondon]

[THREAD] Too many Londoners who rent privately are living in unsafe and unaffordable conditions. Our new research finds licensing would stop rogue landlords.

Here’s a summary of how we can use ‘selective property licensing’ to give them better protections.

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