Tenants Told To Use Lunch And Holiday Savings To Pay Full Rent

Tenants who asked their billionaire landlord for a rent reduction during the coronavirus pandemic were told to use the money they would have spent on lunches and holidays to pay the full amount due. More than 100 residents living in a block in Somerford Grove, east London, signed a letter asking for a 20% reduction in rent and an agreement that no tenant would be evicted during the pandemic. But the letting agent, Tower Quay properties, told them their request was “unreasonable” and “unrealistic”, adding that any drop in tenants’ income would be minimised by a reduction in spending on holidays, entertainment, travel, clothes and lunches. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/21/tenants-told-to-use-lunch-and-holiday-savings-to-pay-full-rent