ExeTRA is Exeter's Private Tenants Rights Association. Supported by Exeter CVS, led by tenants.

Exeter
Joined February 2014
We have been a bit quiet on Twitter lately- anyone got any #rentingnightmare they want to share to welcome us back? #renting #tenantsrights
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Getting ready for the Exeter Rental Forum this evening where lots of organisations get together to discuss all thing #Rent in #Exeter #PRS
Great meeting of the #Exeter Private #Rental Forum last week- attendees included @ExeterCouncil @ExeterCAB @CartridgesLaw @ExeTRAproject
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We are hosting the Private Rental Sector Forum #PRS tonight (25th) talking about #UniversalCredit #renting #rent #landlord #Exeter #tenant
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Renters paid £4,000 more than owners for same property over past 5 years (Guardian ht.ly/J33Tu) @ExeTRAproject
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We are off to the @theoddfellows at 6:30 for our tenants meeting this evening - pop by, grab a drink and join in the great renting debate!
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.@PRSD people who want to find out more can tweet or email us, even better come join us this evening at @theoddfellows at 6:30!
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.@PRSD through a small grant to look at energy efficiency. It soon became apparent that tenants were worried about basic living conditions
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.@PRSD there is a a bill being debated in parliament at the moment to look again at revenge evictions after it was talked out last year
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.@PRSD Agents fees and their basic unaccountability is a frequent problem tenants have - we are currently working with the lcoal ARLA rep
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.@PRSD there is also a problem with high rent and low standards!
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.@PRSD accessing the rental sector in the 1st place, with agent fee's, deposits & a lack of decent housing stock, finding a home is tough
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.@PRSD we're about making the rental sector in Exeter a fairer to live by supporting tenants & educating them about their rights/lack of!
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Landlords subsidised £26.7bn in tax breaks & HB. that's more spend than overseas aid (£10.3bn) & Job Seekers (£4.34bn)goo.gl/ulg63A
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Come along to our tenants meeting this evening 6:30 at @theoddfellows & join in the great renting debate #whatsoninExeter #rent #prs #exeter
. @AdviceExeter great report on #LettingAgents - we've been asking @ExeterCouncil to revise their list of all Letting Agents for a while!
Rental redress scheme in UK sees increasing number of complaints: goo.gl/9E7drH #lettingagents #Lettings
Apparently '85% of private tenants are happy with letting agents'. With 10,000+ renters in #Exeter that's actually a lot of folk who aren't!
Did you see us on @BBCSpotlight on Tuesday? We were talking about how tricky it is to find and afford a rented home!