Rushanara Ali, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, is under pressure to resign following allegations that she increased rent by seven hundred pounds "within weeks" of not renewing a contract.
The i paper reported that a number of tenants who rented a house owned by Rushanara Ali were sent an email last November giving them four months' notice that their lease would not be renewed. The report suggests that the property was re-listed shortly after the tenants moved out, at a rent that was £700 a month higher. It is understood that Ms Ali tried, but failed, to sell the property.
Labour's upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill will prevent landlords who have ended a tenancy to sell a property from then re-listing it with higher rent until six months or more after its occupants have left.
You can read the i paper report here.
You can also read more on the BBC and Evening Standard websites.
