Rental redress scheme in UK sees increasing number of complaints: goo.gl/9E7drH #lettingagents #Lettings

Did you see us on BBC South West on Tuesday? We were talking about how tricky it is to find and afford a rented home!

Big news for renters: the government has proposed a change in the law to end #RevengeEvictions shltr.org.uk/9h3

Apparently '85% of private tenants are happy with letting agents'. With 10,000+ renters in #Exeter that's actually a lot of folk who aren't!

. Advice Exeter great report on #LettingAgents - we've been asking Exeter City Council to revise their list of all Letting Agents for a while!

Come along to our tenants meeting this evening 6:30 at OddfellowsExeter & join in the great renting debate #whatsoninExeter #rent #prs #exeter

Landlords subsidised £26.7bn in tax breaks & HB. that's more spend than overseas aid (£10.3bn) & Job Seekers (£4.34bn)goo.gl/ulg63A

.the PRSD we're about making the rental sector in Exeter a fairer to live by supporting tenants & educating them about their rights/lack of!

.the PRSD accessing the rental sector in the 1st place, with agent fee's, deposits & a lack of decent housing stock, finding a home is tough

.the PRSD there is also a problem with high rent and low standards!

.the PRSD Agents fees and their basic unaccountability is a frequent problem tenants have - we are currently working with the lcoal ARLA rep

.the PRSD there is a a bill being debated in parliament at the moment to look again at revenge evictions after it was talked out last year

.the PRSD through a small grant to look at energy efficiency. It soon became apparent that tenants were worried about basic living conditions

.the PRSD people who want to find out more can tweet or email us, even better come join us this evening at OddfellowsExeter at 6:30!

We are off to the OddfellowsExeter at 6:30 for our tenants meeting this evening - pop by, grab a drink and join in the great renting debate!

Renters paid £4,000 more than owners for same property over past 5 years (Guardian ht.ly/J33Tu) ExeTRA

We are hosting the Private Rental Sector Forum #PRS tonight (25th) talking about #UniversalCredit #renting #rent #landlord #Exeter #tenant

Great meeting of the #Exeter Private #Rental Forum last week- attendees included Exeter City Council CitizensAdviceExeter Cartridges Law ExeTRA

Getting ready for the Exeter Rental Forum this evening where lots of organisations get together to discuss all thing #Rent in #Exeter #PRS

We have been a bit quiet on Twitter lately- anyone got any #rentingnightmare they want to share to welcome us back? #renting #tenantsrights