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About Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben is a founder Member of Safer Renting, an independent tenants rights advice and advocacy service working in partnership with the property licensing and enforcement teams from a number of London boroughs.

Creating housing law training for the police

June 2, 2020 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

'It's just a civil matter' I’ve written before about problems experienced by renters calling police to properties when being harassed or illegally evicted. The usual response is a refusal to … [Read more...]

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Slavery, Trafficking and the landlord

March 4, 2020 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

People Trafficking Ask any housing enforcement officer charged with the task of going into rented properties unannounced and they will tell you that suspicions of accommodation being used for people … [Read more...]

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A benign Tenant Fees Act development for tenants?

November 19, 2019 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

Tenant Fees Act As you (should) all know, the 1st June 2019 saw the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act 2019, which outlaws a range of fees being charged to tenants. Not all, some fees are still … [Read more...]

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The story of how the sale of our court buildings created massive profits for property developers while causing chaos for court services

September 26, 2019 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

First things first I am going to begin this piece with both an apology and a credit, to recently retired judge Nic Madge and his new article printed in the latest edition of Legal Action magazine for … [Read more...]

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Why not discourage the crooks by making crooked practice more expensive?

September 18, 2019 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

Safer Renting As some readers will know, three years ago my ex-Lewisham council colleague Roz Spencer and I started “Safer Renting”. Based at Cambridge House in south London, we are a tenant’s … [Read more...]

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The Lifestyle Club and the ‘call it something different’ scams

August 27, 2019 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

A new Scam...or is it? A couple of years back one of Safer Renting’s partner boroughs sent us a renter’s contract they hadn’t seen before and asked for an opinion on its lawfulness. I duly printed … [Read more...]

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