Can you challenge rent rises? And more renter's rights, from repairs, damp to pets & disputes…

你能挑战租金上涨吗? 还有更多租客的权利,从维修、潮湿到宠物和纠纷……

The Martin Lewis Podcast

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2024-06-10

42 分钟
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The ‘Not The Martin Lewis’ Podcast: Where Martin asks specialists your questions.

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  • BBC sounds music radio podcasts.

  • Hello and welcome to the not the Martin Lewis podcast, which, rather confusingly, is an offshoot of my normal.

  • The Martin Lewis podcast.

  • The difference?

  • Well, there are some subjects that are outside my wheelhouse or I can't answer questions on due to regulations.

  • So in this podcast, I'm joined by specialists and I'm asking, not answering the questions.

  • Well, it's me.

  • I might chip in with the odd note or two.

  • And crucially, too, it's you who sets the agenda.

  • It's all about getting answers to your questions.

  • And today's pod is all about renters rights.

  • Some meaty need to knows your rights if they try to put the rent up, what you can do if the property needs repairs or is damp, can they reject your request for a pet?

  • How to deal with letting agents and council landlords and lots, lots more.

  • We're going to deal first with questions all about England and Scotland, then at the end, some special notes for those of you in Wales and Northern Ireland to point out where your rights differ.

  • So play the theme tune.

  • Well, I'm delighted that.

  • Joining me are Ben Leonard, who is a policy officer at Acorn, Julie Ford, former housing and homeless law specialist, advisor for citizens Advice and founder of Gothard Road Landlord Services, which mediates disputes, and Emma Jackson in Citizens advice Scotland to help us try and navigate the differences between the situation in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

  • Thank you all very much for joining me.

  • I'm going to go straight into questions.

  • We've had a lot, and you're going to be totally unsurprised.