A protest organised by the London Renters Union called for more protection for tenants.
Hundreds of tenants have staged a protest in central London calling for action on the capital's "spiralling" rents.
The government said its new Renters' Rights Bill would be "transforming rights for 11 million private tenants in England". Demonstrator Conall Ó Brolcháin told BBC London he had lived in Tottenham for most of the past five years but was finding it to be a "struggle to stay there"."I've found my community there but we're constantly experiencing rent rises, we're constantly being pushed out of flats because we can't afford them any more," he said.
"Those major landlords don't fix repairs. They're trying to cut corners which in the long run is worse because they end up spending more money," she said.She said her landlord had spent £300,000 putting her and a neighbour up in temporary accommodation while they fixed problems with their property.The government said the Renters' Rights Bill would see the end of no-fault evictions and rental "bidding wars".
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