Tenants of former homelessness minister Rushanara Ali have described feeling “powerless” as they were told they would have to leave their home, only for it to be relisted at £700 a month more in rent.

Ali resigned as homelessness minister on Thursday following The i Paper’s revelations that she had ejected four tenants from the four-bedroom townhouse she owns in Bow , east London.

The Bethnal Green and Stepney MP told the housemates she would not renew their fixed-term tenancy as she wanted to sell the home they were renting for £3,300. However, just weeks after they left the property in March, she put it back up for rent at £4,000.

Such a practice would be outlawed by Labour’s Renters’ Right Bill, which is due to come into force next year and will ban landlords who evict tenants

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