LeAF land LoRds alonE

 yeAh our boSsman TINY saYs 4 me 2 kondemn dis othEr gang wha' are talken  'bouT dat der gonA maKe lanD LORDS act all faIr + shiT + gonA make dem givE valuE 4 monies WELL dat juSt aint gonA happEn + de limerIck ganG of de real coNto 'RA are sayEn dat LANDLORdS are doinG der besT 2 helP out peoplEs dat jusT cant get moniEs 2 bye DER own gaFF + dat NO WAY shoulD dey be thREatenED bye DIS rnu ganG + dat de reeL contO RA will deklaRe war+ stufF on dat RNU gang if dEy dont bacK 2 fucK awaY+ i dont blame TINY 4 beeN pissed of cause dis heaR is de stUff whaT dat RNU gang rote-

Day of Action against Belfast landlords
Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:07

On Thursday June 21st RNU Belfast conducted seven protests and leaflet drops against letting agencies in North and West Belfast.

All offices were chosen because they openly facilitate 'Landlord extortionism', the process by which landlords and speculators buy up former social houses and rent them out to working class people at rates well above what is available to those who rely on housing benefit.

This practice has become so widespread in recent years that thousands of individuals and families are now at the mercy of landlords and their agents who openly expect them to dip further into their benefits, creating chronic levels of poverty in areas where working class people are already the targets of savage Stormont/Tory cuts.

RNUs advice centre has recieved heart breaking reports of children going to school hungry because their parents are left with no option but to hand living money over to landlords agents, who seek openly to make a profit by exploiting housing shortages.

All letting agents were entered by a spokesperson who explained clearly and calmly the reason for the pickets, a mixed response was recieved, ranging from inplausable denials of any problems to a begrudging acceptance that the practice might be unfair on people forced to live on benefits.

A great response to the message was had from passers by, with many making positive comment on RNUs demand that land lords should be forced to accept 'rates of housing benefit and not a penny more', thus taking the profit motive out of grabbing social housing.

The Letting agents visited were;

Morris Estate Agents (Cliftonville Cirucs). Property People (Atlantic Avenue). McGranaghans estate agents (Andersonstown). Ulster Property Sales (Andersonstown). Northern Properties (Falls Road). Lighthouse Property (Andersonstown). Goldsmiths Property (Andersonstown).

These open protests follow last months direct actions which were also carried out against offending letting agencies, and represent only the begining of what is sure to become a wider series of activities to expose and challange this anti-social behaviour happening under our noses.

dunnO WTF all dat RNU riteing is ABOUT ha-ha BUTT bossTINY says its BAD SHIT + hes smaRt nuFF 2 no so i tink its BAD SHIT 2

so dis rnU gang beter knot cuM 2 limericK + staRt alL dis COMMIE SHIT agaINSt LANDLORDS cause de reel CONTA RA will cap dem ALL if'n dey do
SO CUM ON AlL DE BHoYS IN REEL CONtO RA GREEN



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