> 11 million renters in England.
That’s poverty with extra steps.
That’s poverty with extra steps.
Mind you, the last parts of the feudal system were only abolished by the Scottish Parliament in 2000!
Well, it literally hasn't; as fellow Scot arethuza points out, Scotland finally abolished the feudal system once the Scottish Parliament was reconstituted and able to do so, but England has not. It did abolish the "feu burdens", but there's a whole load of weird holdovers still in the system. "Chancel repair liability" is a "fun" one.
You might object that few renters earn that much, but even people earning $35k in the UK are still probably renting if they're younger that 35. Whilst that income might be tight against living expenses, it's not poverty.
Even after paying rent, bills and saving - such a person would likely have tens of thousands of dollars to spend on holidays, video games or sneakers.
Poverty describes people who have to use food banks not people who have $100 brunches at Cedric Grolet.
The Median salary in the UK is around £34000 last I checked on the ONS website. Anyone in London on the Median income is struggling at the moment due to high rents, energy bills and food costs.
Still, it is extremely bad to not be able to buy a house. I am much happier as a renter here in Germany than I was in the UK however. Much simpler law and contract, much less exploitation. However, this is mainly because I am white. Here in Germany, racism is far more extreme, and it is often far more difficult to get an apartment if you don't have a white name.
That's not true. They can refuse your pets with a reason.
> that you mentioned in maligned in another comment
How was that "maligned"?
> I am much happier as a renter here in Germany than I was in the UK however.
You're happy now, but you might not be when you'll retire and earning much less and having to pay market rates on rent. Will your pension cover that?
Owning your own home can shield you from old age poverty.
>you don't have a white name
There's no such thing as a "white name". White people come from so many countries each with completely different sounding names.
Funny, how we focus on landlords being against against pets but not focusing on landlords discriminating non whites which is an objectively much worse problem.
Also, unreasonable is the antonym of “with a reason”