UK homelessness minister faces calls to resign over tenant eviction claims | Labour

The UK homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, is facing calls to resign after claims she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.

Four tenants who rented a four-bedroom house owned byAli were given four months’ notice in an email last November and told their lease would not be renewed because the property was due to be sold, according to the i Paper.

After the tenants left the property, which they had rented for £3,300, they said it was seen relisted at nearly £4,000 a month, the paper said. It reported that the property was relisted for rent after no buyer was found.

The renters’ rights bill, which is due to come into force next year, will ban landlords who have ended a tenancy in order to sell a property from relisting it for…