Rental rights

[frabcus]

Improve many harms caused by a basic inequity due to the fundamental scarcity of land.

[philipjohn]

Can we ✋ on this one for the moment? I have an in progress change that effectively adopts the Generation Rent manifesto

[frabcus]

They look quite good, but at a glance a bit weak.

Where is their specific policy on improving security of tenure?

I found some horribly privileged comments by landlords, which showed no
understanding how bad it is to have your home at someone else's whimsy.
On 5 Oct 2014 07:59, "philipjohn" notifications@github.com wrote:

Can we : hand: on this one for the moment? I have an in progress change
that effectively adopts the Generation Rent http://generationrent.org
manifesto

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[Floppy]

I like this idea. @philipjohn is there anything in your proposal that conflicts with this? If not, I'd suggest we consider adopting it now anyway and patching further later on.

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[PaulJRobinson]

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I like this idea. @philipjohn is there anything in your proposal that conflicts with this? If not, I'd suggest we consider adopting it now anyway and patching further later on.

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[tmtmtmtm]

I suspect that there are useful things to learn / copy from the German system here — it's generally regarded as being very strong on renter rights, with most contractual terms set by law, including rent increases, termination, etc.

One potential downside, if not handled correctly, is that although these sorts of approaches can provide much stronger rights once you become a tenant, it's harder to become such in the first place, as landlords have a strong incentive to become much stricter in who they accept.

[frabcus]

+1 for take policy from Germany.
On 7 Oct 2014 08:54, "Tony Bowden" notifications@github.com wrote:

I suspect that there are useful things to learn / copy from the German
system here — it's generally regarded as being very strong on renter
rights, with most contractual terms set by law, including rent increases,
termination, etc.

One potential downside, if not handled correctly, is that although these
sorts of approaches can provide much stronger rights once you become a
tenant, it's harder to become such in the first place, as landlords have a
strong incentive to become much stricter in who they accept.

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[philipjohn]

Nothing conflicting with my work-in-progress here so let's 👍 and I'll refine as part of my PR

[Floppy]

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