London’s renters are not getting enough protection from their council
With the votes counted in last week’s London borough elections we now have some new council leaders. One of their responsibilities is to make sure local private renters are living in safe homes. But judging by the 32 councils’ record in 2016-17, they have a lot of work to do.
London Boroughs took action against just 1 percent of the capital’s worst landlords in 2016-17. That’s just one of the findings that we’ve uncovered in new analysis of Freedom of Information data – the basis of a new league table of council performance.