The Archive · 1940

Shanghai Rentals

A Particularly Hard Case

To the Editor of the "Mobrh-Chimn Dany News"

Sm;—I feel it is time something was done in the interests of decent-living Britons in receipt of dollar salaries. For ten years we have occupied a flat into which we have endeavoured to bring a British atmosphere—an atmosphere of permanency. We faced a80 per cent. increase in rent (paying our own heating, taxes and water) and struggled to keep our home together. We are now faced with one month's notice, due, we understand, i to the willingness of a favoured recipient of a sterling salary to meet a sterling rental; what happens to my family is of no interest to the new occupant, the landlord or, I gather. the British Court. We are not in a position to pay Key Money or meet hotel expenses, neither are we disposed to auction our home. Is it possible that one of your readers not suffering from mental strain can supply a solution? We dollar-salaried people have suffered many hardship in the past few years, but to lose one's home without being able to raise a protest is the last straw.

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