I am a renter in Brighton and Hove. Ever since I arrived in Brighton I’ve been dismayed by the disparity between the cost and conditions of renting.

I’ve lived in houses full of mould, heard of properties with doors which won’t shut let alone lock, and met other tenants too intimidated to complain in case they lose the roof over their heads.

The Home Sweet Home campaign was set up over a year ago to help tackle the concerns many face living in the private rented sector.

For some the thought that you can be evicted from your home for raising concerns about the quality of your accommodation seems absurd, but revenge evictions – when a tenant asks for a repair or improvement to be made and the landlord responds by serving an eviction notice – are all too real.

We’ve gathered stories and petitions from people across the city who are genuinely scared of complaining, because when they do, they get evicted.

On Friday a bill went before parliament which will mean that if you are served an eviction notice after asking for a repair which has been verified by the council, you are safeguarded from being evicted.

The bill has cross party support, and support from both tenant and landlord organisations – even buy to let mortgage lenders support the bill.

Home Sweet Home has support from all three local Labour candidates, Nancy Platts, Pete Kyle and Purna Sen, and has lobbied all three sitting MPs in the city – Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, and Tory MPs Simon Kirby and Mike Weatherley – asking them to vote for the bill.

All three sitting MPs have claimed to largely support the bill.

This is a moment when politicians can very easily make a real difference to the lives of the 80,000 plus renters who live in Brighton and Hove.

Jack Spooner Robertson Road, Brighton