Should tenants and landlords be friends?
- Posted on February 7, 2025
- By Financial Times
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Should tenants and landlords be friends?
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Is socialising the only way to fill in the information gaps left by a tenancy agreement? Currently in England the balance of personal knowledge favours landlords — but the renters’ rights bill promises to shift the power dynamic more than an after-work pint