Vulnerable older people endure shocking conditions in the
private rental sector, leaving them at risk of neglect, bullying and abuse,
according to Age UK. The charity warns that, with growing numbers of people renting
into their old age, urgent reforms are needed to make sure older tenants are
not living in "squalor". It has seen cases involving privately rented
homes with only an outside toilet, homes with broken boilers and leaking taps
and homes left without cooking facilities for months. Some family members of
those renting told Age UK they thought the landlord was waiting for the tenant
to die before taking action to improve the property. Read more on the Daily
Mail website.
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