'Right now, my family’s future is uncertain – but we're not alone' 😞
pandemic hit I lost my job at one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of personal protective equipment . We let our landlord know right away that as the lockdown had just started, getting a new job was likely to be difficult.Universal Credit would pay our rent and give us just enough for bills and food if we were thrifty.
We were sitting on a dock looking out across the lake when I broke the news to Ezra. He was distraught at having to leave his home. I had a difficult time explaining that he would still keep his toys and books and that we would still be living together as a family. I still don’t know if he has fully grasped the idea.
Then there was a ray of hope. We were far from the only family in this situation, and by early April the idea of a national, if not international, rent strike was being talked about.London Renters UnionIt made sense: if families like mine refused to pay rent, landlords would not be able to keep up with their mortgages, and therefore mortgage companies’ profits would be threatened – in turn, they’d pressure the Government for action to help tenants.
would have been able to ignore a large, well-planned rent strike for long if it could be organised on a grassroots level.
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