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    ‘I CAN’T SUPPORT THEM ANY MORE’

    Nov 29, 2021 3 minutes
    Words: Liam Geraghty @LGeraghty23

    It’s not just tenants who have been hit by Covid’s impact on the private rental market – landlord Karen Blake has also been left in a precarious financial position. The 64-year-old is owed £15,000 on three properties she owns in Monmouthshire, south Wales. Blake earmarked the three properties as her pension after she gave up work to raise her family.

    She told The Big Issue she backs the Stop Mass Homelessness campaign because she believes ministers paying off £360 million

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