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Rent decision by Supreme Court will ‘allow criminal landlords to exploit tenants’

Britain’s highest court has maintained that certain landlords don't have to pay back rent if tenancy rules are broken

Rent decision by Supreme Court will ‘allow criminal landlords to exploit tenants’
'To rent' signs in Stoke | Nathan Stirk/Getty
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The Supreme Court has ruled against tenants in a landmark case that could have given renters more powers when facing criminal landlords.

Campaigners have warned that the outcome of this judgment, which came from the UK’s highest court, will allow criminal landlords to exploit tenants “without fear”.

The case concerned a rent-to-rent scheme, where property owners lease out a building to a company, which then in turn rents it out to individuals.