our sleeves important. but if we don t roll up our sleeves and get to grips with the house building that is desperately needed, those rents will remain desperately needed, those rents will remain high so you make a bit more security remain high so you make a bit more security in remain high so you make a bit more security in rented accommodation but rental security in rented accommodation but rental will security in rented accommodation but rental will not come down. rental will not come down. housing campaigners rental will not come down. housing campaigners have rental will not come down. housing campaigners have broadly - rental will not come down. housing. campaigners have broadly welcomed the changes but warned against leaving loopholes in the new laws that could still see renters unfairly evicted. the right to request a pet is another promise change but four years since the government first pledged to ban no fault evictions the promised improvements to the private ren
homes being built. yes it s all right for renters i m signed i homes being built. yes it s allj right for renters i m signed up homes being built. yes it s all. right for renters i m signed up for that, security for renters, it s important, but if we don t get to roll up our sleeves and get to grips with the house building that is desperately needed, those rents will remain high. so you could make more security in the rental accommodation, but the rentals will come down. accommodation, but the rentals will come down- accommodation, but the rentals will come down. ., , , ., come down. housing campaigners have broadly welcome come down. housing campaigners have broadly welcome changes, come down. housing campaigners have broadly welcome changes, but - come down. housing campaigners have broadly welcome changes, but warned l broadly welcome changes, but warned against leaving loopholes in the new laws that could still see renters unfairly affected. the right to request a pet is anoth
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with illegal eviction and even harrassed and physically attacked by their landlords. housing campaigners are warning that the police often don t understand the law when it comes to protecting tenants. this tenant was attacked by people working for his landlord. ahmet, not his real name, was renting a room in a five bedroom house and his landlord tried to illegally evict him. when he refused to leave, things took a violent turn for the worse. shouting. ahmet told us the attack by people acting for his landlord was part of a sustained period of harassment. i was so scared, i couldn t go out of the room. i always stayed inside the room. i only go to the toilet at night, in the middle of the night. during the daytime, i use a bottle to urinate. because somebody is there outside. i was so scared, i thought they were going to attack me again. anything could happen to me at that time. the landlord has yet to respond to the bbc s request for a comment and people were given police cautions. j
government surveys. i wouldn t want to see everything is broken. is there room for improvement? yes there room for improvement? yes there is and the government will be bringing forward their renters reform bill that we hope will work very well for renters and responsible landlords. so very well for renters and responsible landlords. so you say better enforcement responsible landlords. so you say better enforcement rather - responsible landlords. so you say better enforcement rather than . responsible landlords. so you say - better enforcement rather than more rules, but back to the first question raised in the introduction, with housing campaigners who say the police don t often understand the law when it comes to housing tenants, is that something you are aware of in your experience? if rare aware of in your experience? if we are talking aware of in your experience? if we are talking about aware of in your experience? if we are talking about illegal aware of in your experience