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"Beds in sheds" refers to substandard and usually illegal housing in the United Kingdom, particularly in Greater London. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is characterised by garden sheds being converted into living accommodation for private rent.
the mechanisms for regulating prices (historically called "rent control"). Since the Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), prices are generally left for landlords to fix except in the "affordable" sector where councils and housing associations manage around 4.4 million homes which are subject to rent regulation. the reasons that a person can be evicted.
The history of rent control in England and Wales is a part of English land law concerning the development of rent regulation in England and Wales.Controlling the prices that landlords could make their tenants pay formed the main element of rent regulation, and was in place from 1915 until its abolition (excluding some council houses) by the Housing Act 1988.
The gap between average income and average housing prices changed between 1985 and 2015 from twice an average salary to up to six times average income. Median house prices in London the median house now cost up to 12 times the median London salary. In 1995, the median house price was £83,000, 4.4 times the median income.
The act has an optional procedure, enabled by Rentcharges (Redemption Price) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/870), in which the government's Rentcharges Unit assist without charge. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] To be ensured as effective the rentcharge must no longer appear on the subjected freehold's Register of Title.
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An allotment garden in Petsamo, Tampere, Finland. The Luxembourg-based Office International du Coin de Terre et des Jardins Familiaux, representing three million European allotment gardeners since 1926, describes the socio-cultural and economic functions of allotment gardens as offering an improved quality of life, an enjoyable and profitable hobby, relaxation, and contact with nature.
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