Londoners have been using social media to protest the extortionate house prices in the capital under the hashtag #VentYourRent.
With rent prices in the capital steadily rising, and more and more space in the city becoming a premium, people are becoming slowly priced out of living in London.
Sick of paying the best part of £1,000 a month to live in a cupboard, Londoners are now making their voices heard over rent prices through the #VentYourRent hashtag.
Share your worst experiences of renting in London at https://t.co/6K27qdytY8 #ventyourrent #votehomes pic.twitter.com/PgdFG0fTtq
— Generation Rent (@genrentuk) April 26, 2016
There are eye-watering prices, poor living conditions, and horror stories galore to be found in the online testimonials, as Londoners lift the lid on the terrible housing situation.
Submit your London renting nightmares at https://t.co/UHVUtksgWd #VentYourRent #votehomes pic.twitter.com/mhjlu1ESpM
— suzanne thomas (@suzanneyrno) April 26, 2016
Living with pests and no heating was a common theme as many Londoners explained the cost of trying to making in in the capital.
The London renting market needs to change! Vent your problems! #VentYourRent #votehomes pic.twitter.com/A5vaD93hPx
— suzanne thomas (@suzanneyrno) April 26, 2016
It is estimated that nearly 2 million people rent in London, and with demand for housing far outstripping supply, the problems only look to continue.
#ventYourRent #votehomes #fixrenting pic.twitter.com/9T0fUSKwwt
— suzanne thomas (@suzanneyrno) April 26, 2016
People are sharing their London renting nightmares via #ventyourrent and it is pretty damning @genrentuk pic.twitter.com/swjM1ioPCi
— Rhiannon L Cosslett (@rhiannonlucyc) April 26, 2016
I miss living up North. #ventyourrent pic.twitter.com/P5QuDEMM30
— Emily Pearce #BLM (@emmy_pearce) April 26, 2016
Home turned into a building site for 8-weeks while landlord decorated & upped rent by 30% #VentYourRent pic.twitter.com/PHdAiOUTWS
— TowerHamletsRenters (@THRenters) April 26, 2016
Frustrated Londoners are being urged to tell their stories using the hashtag, or via uploads to the Vent Your Rent Tumblr page. With the London Mayoral elections next week, the capital’s housing situation looks to be a must-talk-about issue.
To give a further sense of how unaffordable London has become, the housing charity Shelter recently released this map of Tube stops deemed to be in areas where average salary earners could afford to live.
In all, 171 Tube stations were closed, while 74 were kept open, but still deemed tough to gain a foothold in.
Staggeringly, just 15 stations out of 270 on the map are identified as being in affordable areas. They are: Chesham, Amersham, Chalfont & Latimer, Watford, Epping, Theydon Bois, Debden, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Roding Valley, Chigwell, Elm Park, Hornchurch, Upminster Bridge, and Upminster.
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