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| Homelessness minister hiked rent weeks after removing tenants | |
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| Britain's homelessness minister increased the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds, allegedly "within weeks" of the previous tenants' contract ending. | |
| The i Paper reported that four tenants who rented a house owned by Rushanara Ali in East London were sent an email last November giving them four months' notice that their lease would not be renewed. | The i Paper reported that four tenants who rented a house owned by Rushanara Ali in East London were sent an email last November giving them four months' notice that their lease would not be renewed. |
| It says the property was re-listed shortly after the tenants moved out, at a rent that was £700 a month higher. | It says the property was re-listed shortly after the tenants moved out, at a rent that was £700 a month higher. |
| Ali is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping. A spokesman said: "Rushanara takes her responsibilities seriously and complied with all relevant legal requirements." | Ali is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping. A spokesman said: "Rushanara takes her responsibilities seriously and complied with all relevant legal requirements." |
| A source close to the homelessness minister said it had been a fixed-term contract and that the house had been put up for sale while the tenants were there. | A source close to the homelessness minister said it had been a fixed-term contract and that the house had been put up for sale while the tenants were there. |
| They said the tenants had been told they could stay on a rolling basis while the house was on the market, but they had chosen to go. | They said the tenants had been told they could stay on a rolling basis while the house was on the market, but they had chosen to go. |
| The i Paper said it had also been told the house was only re-listed as a rental because it had not sold. | The i Paper said it had also been told the house was only re-listed as a rental because it had not sold. |
| The government's Renters Rights Bill, which is in its final stages in Parliament, will ban landlords who end a tenancy to sell a property from re-listing it for six months. | The government's Renters Rights Bill, which is in its final stages in Parliament, will ban landlords who end a tenancy to sell a property from re-listing it for six months. |
| It will also abolish fixed-term tenancies and mandate that four months' notice must be given by a landlord who wishes to regain possession of a property to sell. | It will also abolish fixed-term tenancies and mandate that four months' notice must be given by a landlord who wishes to regain possession of a property to sell. |
| Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty said: "Rushanara Ali's position surely cannot be tenable. She must resign." | |
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