A picket has been held outside a Glasgow letting agent in support of a family who have been forced to live in a damp and sewage hit flat.
Members of tenants' union Living Rent held a demonstration outside Clyde Property calling for repairs on the property in Woodlands and renegotiation on a proposed 30 per cent rent increase.
They say Christiane, Chris, and their one-year-old son have been forced to living in a property with dampness, sewage running through it, and radiators falling off the wall. The landlord has now raised the rent by 30 per cent despite the pandemic.
Clyde Property is being called on to help resolve the situation by negotiating the rent increase and give a timeline for any repairs.
Living Rent is demanding that the flat in question be repaired to a habitable standard, and that the landlord negotiate a reasonable rent rate.
One of the tenants, Chrissi, said: "As a parent being in a situation where your child's safety is in the hands of people who don't feel the same responsibility towards them is horrendous and does leave you feeling guilty and angry at the same time"
Sam John of Living Rent added: "Despite working for the NHS at great risk to personal health during a pandemic which has been devastating for the entire planet and despite paying rent on time for four years, to a landlord who has consistently failed to provide a decent home, allowing sewage and mould to run rampant, this young family are being pushed into financial difficulty, squalor, or eviction.
"If you work at a restaurant and you serve mouldy food, you will be shut down, but a landlord can serve a mouldy flat and increase the price of rent to whatever they fancy. This is a disgrace."
A spokesperson for Clyde Property said: "As a managing agent, please be assured that we are doing our utmost to progress repairs in line with the Landlords lawful instructions in respect of managing the property.
"We have also done our level best to negotiate the rental increase on their behalf, but again must take our Landlords instruction on the matter. We wholly sympathise with the tenants and to that end we have a meeting with them today, today as we look to move forward in a positive and constructive manner for all parties involved."
