@thetimes: “The council doesn’t recognise any goodwill in our well-intentioned support of the refugee programme, and we now face a personal problem of finding alternative accommodation for our son” | 🗣️ Marcus Knight What started as a generous gesture by Laura and Marcus Knight to help Syrians fleeing the war has become bureaucratic and stressful because of the Renters’ Rights Act 📸 Jason Bye for The Times #news #rent #london #syria #refugee

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mandarina_555
Mandarina :
This has nothing to do with refugees status, it's about the recent changes in tenant rights.
2026-09-21 19:10:38
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alessandroarigato
alessandro arigato :
No good deed goes unpunished
2026-09-21 18:27:23
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dilettantepoly
dilettantepoly :
So tenants who have been there nearly a decade chucked out for a couple of years of Tarquinius needing to go drama school. This is why we shouldn’t have buy to let landlords. They have taken the rent. It wasn’t given out of kindness.
2026-09-21 18:16:44
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gooper246
gooper246 :
"im voting green"
2026-09-22 19:10:00
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ar1hur234
Arthur :
I think the refugee part is irrelevant if it’s about the renters rights act
2026-09-22 19:08:34
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natandtasha
NatandTasha :
This has nothing to do with refugees specifically and everything to do with the risks of making money as a landlord. Their deal was good for them for 8 years and now they are experiencing the costs of owning a rental property.
2026-09-21 22:32:44
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saloniontheloose
Saloni on the loose :
i swear to god landlords cry for every minor inconvinience.
2026-09-22 08:26:01
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lmaoooo8509
uptheyellows :
think about the landlords guys!
2026-09-21 17:11:45
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fury2049
Fury :
They wanted to make a quick guaranteed buck with no hassle and now crying about it.
2026-09-24 06:55:32
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britestoan
britestoan 🍉 :
"we tried to make people homeless and now we can't do it easily"
2026-09-23 08:26:42
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tescoprincess
bella :
no one should have more than one house
2026-09-21 19:42:41
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briecheesington
Brie Cheesington :
My heart bleeds for these landlords 🥺 lol
2026-09-21 20:04:23
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happycamper156
happycamper156 :
They were making money from the flat
2026-09-21 17:51:53
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f25df7
J25 :
The council will be advising them to stay until court order. Once a court order is given , they go to the top of the council housing list and are given suitable accommodation on the same day
2026-09-22 10:39:59
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user395857392959
user395857392959 :
WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
2026-09-21 19:44:42
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clairemerritt1
🐌 :
A risk of the trade and often a problem with British tenants too. A risk you take on when you become a landlord
2026-09-22 19:12:27
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alepea999
alepea999 :
Love to see when a landlord discovers hoarding property isn’t a risk free investment
2026-09-23 15:54:36
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thatladwiththeface
thatladwithaface :
first mistake was trusting the council😂 hope they learned something from their mistakes
2026-09-22 20:54:51
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angelabell941
angela bell941 :
So sad and WRONG!
2026-09-21 20:51:35
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bee8771
Bellisima 💎💎💎 :
Nothing like punishing a good deed huh?
2026-09-21 21:53:08
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uktwigs
Marie Laure :
That was stupid wasnt it
2026-09-22 07:26:46
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kubekuki
kubekuki :
how naive
2026-09-22 07:54:36
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noodlepup8
noodlepup :
sorry, but if you're tenants are paying rent it's theirs till they leave. moving is hard.
2026-09-22 17:15:30
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toptom007
TopTom007 :
The advice was correct... At the time. Then labour changed the deal, the renters own the property now until they want to let you have it back.
2026-09-21 21:16:52
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nhleach
Nuvbox :
Do-gooders.
2026-09-21 17:48:06
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