40 Birmingham homes are going up for auction today. Why didn’t the tenants know?
‘Someone just turned up and said ‘we’re your new landlords’’
Madeleine Rousell
Madeleine has joined The Dispatch fresh out of her masters in journalism. She has written locally around Sheffield for the Star, and nationally for the Independent.
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40 Birmingham homes are going up for auction today. Why didn’t the tenants know?
‘Someone just turned up and said ‘we’re your new landlords’’