US EditionRushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister
EAST LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 7 – Rushanara Ali resigned amid controversy after evicting tenants and increasing rent by £700, contradicting Labour's Renters' Rights Bill aimed at protecting tenants from such practices.
- Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali resigned amid backlash after reports revealed she evicted four tenants from her east London townhouse, saying remaining would be a distraction.
- Following reports revealed, opposition parties and renters’ rights campaigners called for Ali to step down after she told four tenants she was selling the property and then re-listed it weeks later at a higher rent.
- Shadow Minister Cleverley called the reports an example of extreme hypocrisy and urged her exit, while Twomey described the allegations as shocking and called for tenant protection reforms.
- Future policy changes include a Renters’ Rights Bill to ban relisting properties at higher rent within six months of a sale, with nearly a billion pounds secured for social housing.
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Britain's Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali is facing calls to resign after evicting tenants from a house she owns and sharply raising rents for new tenants, while building her political profile on criticizing tenant abuse.
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