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[EX Q]: By Dan WhitworthNewsbeat reporter Faulty electrics, damp and broken boilers that don't get fixed are all officially classed as category one hazards which pose a risk to health. But many private tenants are worried that if they complain too much, they will be evicted. The law in England changed in 2015 to make "revenge evictions" illegal. But it only applies to rental agreements signed since 1st October 2015. Despite that change though, figures gathered by Radio 1 Newsbeat through Freedom of Information requests show that more than half of local councils across England haven't used these powers. This could be down to a lack of awareness among tenants. And a tightening of council budgets means some local authorities are able to be more proactive than others. There are also concerns from the Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) that the way the law is designed is too complicated. Tenants must have made any complaints to a landlord in writing before they are served with a Section 21 eviction notice. Complaints made in person or over the phone don't count and leave the tenant with little power. Often it is vulnerable people who are most risk from revenge evictions - like those who don't have the confidence or resources needed to fight a rogue landlord, people who don't have strong reading or writing skills and others who are often only one step up from sleeping on the streets and so desperate to avoid losing their home. Liz James, 24, lives in a one-room flat in Leeds. There are large patches of damp covering almost an entire wall and the electrics are faulty. In addition one of her windows doesn't close properly, leaving a two centimetre gap on one side. On the day she invites Newsbeat into her home, it is -2C outside. "It's unfair. I can't bring people back to the flat. "When I first came here I didn't want to move in because of the problems with the front door [but]... I don't want to keep complaining because he might kick me out." When we ask her if she fears a revenge eviction, her answer is stark. In short, she is scared of "being on the street". "I've been on the street and it isn't nice. I've been on the street and it is horrible." We had to stop the interview there because Liz became too upset to keep talking. Bryan Wagner-Adair is from Leeds City Council. "We do get an awful lot of people coming in saying they've been complaining about things like damp, general disrepairs and electrical problems," he explains. And he thinks it's a growing problem. "It's difficult to gauge the level... but certainly we get a lot of people coming in saying the landlord has told them to leave. "When we dig into it a bit further we find this is on the back of them having reported ongoing disrepair issues with the property." In a statement the Department for Communities and Local Government said "retaliatory evictions are rare and Shelter have estimated that they affect just 2% of tenancies. "However we have given councils new powers under the Deregulation Act to stop revenge evictions and they should use them where necessary." Helen Gould was hit with a revenge eviction before those new powers under the Deregulation Act 2015 came into effect and made them illegal. At the time she was living with her mum, younger sister and baby daughter. "We wrote to our landlord [to complain about damp] and within a week of him receiving that we received a Section 21 eviction notice... telling us to get out." Helen's mum was her biggest support in helping raise her daughter so the eviction had a profound impact on her. "We've now been split up and we're now living about four miles away from each other. "That completely floored me". The homelessness charity Shelter says "the change in the law was a vital first step to prevent the most serious cases but we need to give all renters more security, starting with the introduction of five year tenancies for all." A YouGov survey of 4500 people for the charity three years ago suggested that 200,000 people have either been hit with a revenge eviction or been threatened with one. Anecdotal evidence from campaigners, MPs, and housing lawyers suggests the number is much higher, because many just don't complain. When the law was proposed the National Landlords Association described it as a "pre-election crowd-pleaser" that would do little to tackle the problem. A Local Government Association spokesman said stopping revenge evictions is a complex legal process: "Councils are working hard to tackle bad practice by rogue landlords to ensure they are dealt with robustly and effectively. "However, not only are rogue evictions hard to prove, but a council may not know when an eviction notice is contested in court." Labour MP Clive Betts chairs the communities and local government select committee and says the law is not working. "I can't believe there are that many local authorities where no-one has been the subject to a revenge eviction. "We're talking about landlords here who are trying to avoid carrying out their responsibilities. "They're the landlords we've got to get at - and they're going to be in the worst properties, with people living in the worst conditions. That's the biggest challenge for everybody." Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat
[EX A]: A new law designed to help protect people renting homes from rogue landlords isn't working, say MPs and housing lawyers.

[EX Q]: Google said it was stepping up checks on app-makers it had not seen before to thwart "bad faith" developers. These malicious developers often create new accounts to avoid Google's checks, it said. Others hijack existing accounts to exploit the good reputation which established developers have accrued. One cyber-security company said it expected the move to "have a positive impact". "We find that malware authors often change their account information to conceal their identities," commented Kristy Edwards, from security company Lookout. She added that one malware creator had been found to have used 707 different ID codes to try to evade detection. Data control The "more thorough" checks will be done on application creators who do not have a "track record" with Google, wrote Sameer Samat, product manager for Android and Google Play. Google would be taking days to investigate developers who open new accounts to see if they have links to "bad faith" developers who have a history of making malicious and unsafe apps, he said. It was common to see such developers try to "game" Google's systems to get around the existing controls, he said. App developers seeking to abuse the Play Store, or make malicious apps, would have their accounts blocked, he said. Humans would make the final decisions on blocks and suspensions. 'More control' The closer look at developers follows other changes Google has made to its policies which have forced app makers to disclose what data they want to gather, and restricts access to some features on phones. It has also insisted that app makers ensure their programs work with the latest, most secure versions of Android's application programming interfaces (APIs) . Currently, app makers are supposed to target at least Android 9's APIs, which was released in August 2018. In addition, said Google in a separate statement, the extra checks would help limit abuse of the personal information people surrender to apps. "Users want more control and transparency over how their personal information is being used by applications, and expect Android, as the platform, to do more to provide that control and transparency," it told the BBC. The increased scrutiny of developers was part of a "comprehensive look" it was giving to Android's platform and policies, it added. Google's app developer changes come just ahead of its annual developer conference IO that is due to take place on 7 May. A new Pixel phone is expected to be launched at the conference.
[EX A]: Android developers new to Google's phone platform could have publication of their apps delayed for days as more rigorous checks are done on coders.

[EX Q]: Mark MardellNorth America editor@BBCMarkMardellon Twitter He asks the editor: "What's the script saying?" "Our shared future." The shots roll on through tired, huddled masses to the Statue of Liberty, former President Ronald Reagan, the Stars and Stripes. They are cutting a commercial in San Antonio, Texas, which should be on TV screens by the end of the week. 'Open the doors' Financed by a loose grouping of Republicans, this campaign is designed to convince conservatives that the time has come to get serious about immigration reform. Some Republicans think time is running out - they have one last chance to woo Hispanic voters. If they miss this opportunity they may never win over a group who may hold the key to winning future elections. Lionel Sosa is an ad man, a Republican and a Latino, who was involved in the presidential campaigns for Ronald Reagan and both George HW and George W Bush. He says that what happened last year must not be repeated. "Republicans did horribly with Latinos in the last election, as bad as we have ever done, and there are reasons for it. Latinos saw Republicans as rich, Anglo, isolated and judgmental." He says if a candidate is seen as anti-immigrant it matters to Latinos who are American citizens, who then perceive him as unfriendly and intolerant. Latino support was certainly pretty important to President Barack Obama, and the Democrats are determined to keep it. The president is announcing his plans for immigration reform in the state of Nevada later on Tuesday. A bipartisan group of senators has just nipped in ahead of him with their own ideas. The crux of the issue is what to do about the 11 million or so illegal immigrants in the US, many of whom are from Mexico. In the last election many Republicans scoffed at the idea of giving them amnesty, saying that would reward criminal behaviour. The senators' proposals would toughen border controls and then offer illegal immigrants a path to a green card, after paying a fine and back taxes. Mr Sosa says something like this is vital. "This is a very divisive issue, a very difficult issue, but we Republicans know this - we do not want it on the table in 2016 so we better solve it in a year or so. "Of course, there are a lot of Republicans who are not going to like the new bill, but we don't want to be viewed as intolerant and we don't want to be viewed as nasty. "We want to be viewed as people who welcome people, who open the doors and say: 'You are part of what makes this country great'." President Obama knows this is an issue that could split Republicans - and they may be unwilling to agree to any package with his name on it, but it is one area where it is just possible Congress may, eventually, act.
[EX A]:
"It's a lovely, lovely shot but…" Lionel Sosa leans forward and stares thoughtfully at the big screen and the picture of a young couple kissing.

