Ben Twomey
@BenTwomeyUK
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Chief Executive of @genrentuk, Trustee for @NatTrailsUK, and presenter on @policingtv. Views my own.
London, England
Joined February 2016
Change is coming - renters need a fair deal!
End unfair evictions! 🚨Watch our Chief Executive @BenTwomey tell BBC Breakfast about the problems facing renters and what must be done to fix them. 👇👇👇
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RT @genrentuk: Thanks @BellRibeiroAddy for raising protections for renters against eviction & rent hikes as unintended consequences of impr…
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Check out our long-term vision for renting, for everyone to live in a secure, quality and affordable home👇
"No one could look at the state of renting in the UK today and consider it job done" ➡️ Homes as a human right ➡️ Tackling the cost of renting ➡️ Secure tenures ➡️ Improving quality Our Chief Exec @BenTwomeyUK outlines our long-term vision ⬇️
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RT @genrentuk: 🚨🚨 1/4 renters experience fuel poverty, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants an average of £570 more every year. Tha…
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Thank you @Ed_Miliband for meeting with renters and taking forward our concerns - we at @genrentuk are looking forward to taking part in the government consultations on improving homes and tackling fuel poverty.
Today I heard testimonies from renters @genrentuk, who have suffered the indignity of living in cold, unsafe homes. The fight for a fair deal for renters is a case of economic justice. That's why we are taking action to enforce proper energy efficiency standards.
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RT @RentersReformCo: Peeling wallpaper, wet walls, black mould - nobody should have to live in the conditions exposed by @BBCPanorama. Yet…
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RT @Haggis_UK: Charlie Stayt: We spoke to the chief executive of the national residential landlords association.. he made those 3 points ve…
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Very disappointing - especially when the Conservatives promised in their 2024 manifesto (as they did in 2019) to "fully abolish Section 21" no-fault evictions.
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE On the left, in 2023 then Housing Minister Baroness Scott on the benefits of ending no-fault evictions. On the right, Baroness Scott in opposition tabling amendments to the Renters' Rights Bill which would keep no-fault evictions for 85% of landlords.
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If we can’t afford to heat our homes properly that makes us vulnerable to ill-health and other problems like damp and mould. Pleased that the gov't is pressing forward with proposals to improve homes and reduce fuel poverty, but we must be protected from rent rises and evictions.
🚨🚨ONE IN FOUR private renters live in fuel POVERTY The Government is aiming for all private homes to meet EPC C by 2030 under its Warm Homes Plan. A consultation is open for feedback. We encourage all private renters to share their views 👇
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RT @RentersReformCo: We welcome the govt's plans to upgrade energy efficiency. For renters stuck in cold homes this can't come soon enough.…
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RT @genrentuk: 🚨🚨"If we're not being kicked out, we can still be priced out of our homes"🚨🚨 Ending unfair Section 21 Evictions will ease r…
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RT @genrentuk: We welcome the Scottish Government's efforts to limit soaring rents. But the controls don’t go far enough. Rent prices tie…
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RT @genrentuk: With the cost of renting outpacing our wages, many opt to become property guardians or lodgers, but this comes with a major…
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Spot on from @a_darling_tom: "Even now, landlord organisations can’t bring themselves to support this basic and essential updating of our rental system to bring it into the 21st century. The best they can do is “accept” the government’s popular mandate for ending section 21." 🎯
Demands for huge sums of rent in advance are extremely common - not a last resort, as landlord groups claim. They prevent thousands of renters from securing homes. The government is right to cap them. Our Director @a_darling_tom writes in @thetimes👇
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RT @genrentuk: It's great that the Scottish Gov is planning rent controls to stop soaring rents. However, more needs to be done. Tenants o…
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RT @genrentuk: The Renters' Rights Bill will enter the House of Lords soon. Though it will stop unfair Section 21 evictions, it won't tackl…
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RT @genrentuk: 🚨🚨"We should never get to a stage where this is considered normal." Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92, spoke to The @Indep…
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Diversion schemes and carrying naloxone - why is policing changing?🚨 Check out my latest in-depth discussion for PolicingTV in which I had the special pleasure of interviewing two of my favourite former colleagues, @JaneBaileyWMP and @MegJ4289 👇
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RT @danwilsoncraw: Handy chart from ONS on two ways of looking at rent inflation: New-lets, which peaked 2 years ago in the aftermath of co…
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RT @RentersReformCo: Last night the Renters' Rights Bill passed report stage - today new ONS data shows average rents in England are up 9.2…
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RT @NationwideFdtn: The #RentersRightsBill has now passed through the @HouseofCommons. It's a significant milestone, but changes to rental…
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