Coronavirus crisis: Rent-a-room tenants ‘are being made homeless in a pandemic’
“Students, migrants and young people renting rooms are being left in ‘legal limbo’ as some are facing eviction during the coronavirus crisis. Despite emergency legislation being amended to prevent all tenants – including those not covered by the Residential Tenancies Act – from being evicted during the Covid-19 pandemic, housing charity Threshold says it remains unclear whether people living under the rent-a-room scheme are being afforded the same protections …” (more)
[Amy Molloy, Independent, 31 March]
Tags: coronavirus, student accommodation