South London Solfed can help you fight back against the exploitative practices of landlords and estate agencies.
Our new "Stuff Your Landlord" leaflet lists some basic legal rights.
It can be useful to know the law because many landlords don’t follow
basic legal requirements. But we also need to remember that the law is
not going to be on our side most of the time. We shouldn’t rely on a
court system designed to benefit the rich and powerful to make sure
we’re treated fairly.
Fighting a legal battle can be costly, take a lot of time and require
specialized skills. Direct action doesn’t. Anyone can take direct action
and win. Instead of relying on courts and lawyers, direct action means
that we win through organising ourselves and confronting landlords
collectively. It could be something straightforward, like going down as a
group to demand your landlord complete unfinished repairs. Or
organising a demonstration and internet campaign against an estate
agent.
By using our collective strength we can directly damage their profits
and reputation and waste their staffs time, making it cheaper for them
and less stressful to co-operate with us.
We can offer you practical support and advice on how to organise direct
action by bringing together the combined strength of your friends,
family, and Solfed to fight back against businesses that rip us off.
We can link you up with other exploited tenants in the same situation so
that you can fight together and build a larger more powerful campaign.
www.solfed.org.uk
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