People protesting against the housing crisis (photo by Chris Bethell)

In what should come as a surprise to anyone left who still thought our current crop of elected representatives weren’t bastards, there is news today that at least the 73 MPs who rejected proposals to make sure rented homes are “fit for human habitation” are in fact, residential landlords.

MP’s like Chris Grayling (Tory), Sajid Javid (Tory) and your friend and mine David Cameron (Tory Final Boss) all decided that Amendment 52 of the Housing Bill, which sought to kind of, like make your house not a death trap, was not for them on this occasion. The amendment was eventually voted down by 312 votes to 219 on Tuesday.

The clause they rejected – which was proposed by Labour – “would place a duty on landlords to ensure that their properties are fit for habitation when let and remain fit during the course of the tenancy”.

As Political Scrapbook reports, compare Tuesday’s voting records with the register of MPs outside interests and it’s clear to see their loyalties seem more aligned with their own cashflow than a basic standard of living for the likes of you and me.

And in what is even more insidious information, the threshold of rent income the Commons includes to register you as a residential landlord is £10,000 per year, so all those renting out shitter accommodation to “hard working families” that voted against these proposals wouldn’t be included in this list.

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