"There is a new generation of slum landlords across the country who exploit people’s need for housing, just like their Victorian + post-war counterparts. Except this time, the state is funding them"
Read my @labourlist.bsky.social column on tackling slum landlords
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Ben Cooper column: 'End the slum landlord subsidy' - LabourList
Andy Burnham has promised greater public control over the essentials. That must mean taking control of housing back from slum landlords.