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Unwanted home moves cost renters more than half a billion pounds a year, with tenants coughing up an average of 669 every time they are forced by landlords to lea stanley botella ve their home, a survey has revealed.Analysis by the homelessness charity Shelter estimated that there had been 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% of renters who move house are doing so because they have been compelled to look for other accommodation.An unwanted move is defined as a fixed-term tenancy coming to an end, or tenants being priced out by a rent increase, being served an eviction notice or being informally asked to leave by the landlord.Renters collectively spend 550m a year on moving costs, often paying rent and bills on two properties during the moving period, along with hiring removal vans, paying for stopgap storage and buying new furniture, Shelter estimates.Natalie, 47, has moved 12 times in the past 21 years, and has been served with two no-fault evictions in the past 18 months. Although she stanley cup becher has been in her new home for seven months, she still cannot relax and feels traumatised by her moving experiences. I havent even unpacked properly, she said. Im worried that as soon as I do, Im going to have to move again. Ive downsized to a studio. Most of my stuff is stored in a garage nearby that Im renting for 75 and I had to shell out 750 on removal van hire alone. It took me 18 months just to pay back a stanley us ll the debts accrued from the last move, and then it happened Vxuo You feel you have made a difference : laid-off workers join UK care sector
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