Landlords are abandoning people employed on zero-hours contracts. Its an inevitability that ministers should have predicted Its easy to understand why so many people are furious with Fergus and Judith Wilson. Britains largest landlords have made vast profits on the back of the urgent #housing needs of others, which alone could be enough to raise eyebrows. But they also have the habit of saying controversial and inflammatory things. First they announced that they would refuse to let to #housingbenefit #tenants. Now they confirm that prospective tenants on zero-hours contracts will be turned away too. But save your vitriol because they are not alone. As the Guardian reported last week, many private landlords are taking the same decision. Major lettings agencies are refusing to take earnings from zero-hours employment into account in the referencing process. A quick web search reveals that, on the most popular landlord forums, the growth in zero-hours contracts is causing a huge problem for the (also fast expanding) private rented sector. Continue reading... dlvr.it/7R7cqC
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:33:32 +0000
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