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		scoot_718 on Dec 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major c... > Local residents always complain about everything. Only true because the UK has a horribly regressive stance on renters rights.

qxmat on Dec 6, 2020 [–]

Can you expand on this?

To my knowledge - as a one-time lettings paralegal - we have some of the best tenancy rights in the world.

Swannie on Dec 7, 2020 | [–]

That would be in comparison to some mainland European countries, such as Germany, where tenants are more like a leasor, in that they can decorate, improve, etc.

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