A group of activists who call themselves a ‘rental union’ group of activists has protested outside a landlord’s home.

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The activist group is Acorn which has previously held protests actually inside and outside lettings agents’ offices and staged their protest outside a landlord’s home in London who lets out a rented property in Bristol.

According to the group the landlord is apparently trying to evict a couple of tenants from the Bristol property because they had complained about damp in the property and were then given a Section 21 notice.

However there isn’t any independent verification of the timing of both the complaint in relation to the notice and if there is any connection at all between the two actions.

A quote appeared from one of the tenants in the Morning Star newspaper: “All we want is for [the landlord] to meet with us and see that we are human beings whose mental and physical health have taken a toll due to her treatment, compensation for the time I couldn’t sleep in my own bed, and to not be evicted in the middle of a pandemic.”

The newspaper then states the tenant said that her accommodation could only be described as “unliveable” during the pandemic’s lockdowns due to the damp, and said her complaints were either “ignored or made fun of.”

Acorn states that there has been a “huge increase” in Section 21 notices since the eviction ban was lifted by the government on September 21st and is demanding that the notices should be abolished.

The protest group posted on Twitter pictures of the demonstrators outside a property with their fists clenched.

Richard Merrick of PIMS, said:” Mob rule once again, I am sure there is much more to this story than has been disclosed, time will only tell. ”