A tenant eviction service is calling for a swifter and more streamlined eviction process in the private rented sector.
Landlord Assist is backing calls for fast-track evictions amid speculations that the Government is planning to put measures in place to speed up the eviction process for private landlords following concerns that pressures on the courts are leading to lengthy delays.
It is understood that landlords and some housing charities have been asked to attend a government working group to discuss proposals and possible options to speed up the eviction process for private landlords.
For many landlords launching eviction proceedings against troublesome tenants can result in them going months without receiving any rent.
Stories of possession claims taking between six and 12 months from start to finish are not uncommon and, at a time when a tenant may not be paying the rent, landlords can go a long time without receiving any income from their properties.
For some landlords this can result in them falling behind with mortgage payments and have a detrimental impact on their credit rating.
Graham Kinnear, managing director at Landlord Assist, says that amendments to eviction procedures would be welcomed by landlords in their efforts to remove nuisance tenants who refuse to pay rent or have anti-social behaviour issues, and replace them with good ones.
But he says that good reliable tenants would also benefit from an accelerated eviction process as it will help to weed out unscrupulous tenants, who often keep them out of the best properties. Moreover, Kinnear believes a quicker eviction process may encourage more landlords to enter the market which would provide tenants with a greater choice of properties too.
He says: “We do not feel that there is a real need to alter the grounds of securing a vacant possession or the methods by which a landlord can gain possession of their property. What we would like to see is a swifter possession service which will reunite the landlord with their property in a timelier manner. This will help to minimise the losses incurred by many landlords and may even encourage further landlords to enter the market place, which would help to address the current housing shortage in the UK.
"At the same time introducing a swifter eviction process will also support decent tenants looking for rented accommodation as they will be able to replace troublesome tenants much quicker than is currently the case.”
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These residents where never in arrears so why should not be evicted because this government cutting welfare?
Landlords are fools to have agreed to them. also these affordable rent are not within keeping with peoples earnings as most those who may live else where in the UK are far from what their counter parts earn in London and landlords need to remember this. Its shame that these evictions are happening through greed?
Such new regulations will not only benefit Landlord & good tenants but will deter bad tenants from misbehaving. Some of these tenants are making a good benefit career out of the current system particularly Housing Benefit recipient out side London.
We carry out our own evictions and its frustrating at how long it takes to get a tenant out of a property. the timescales the courts work on are ridiculous, as are the bailiffs appointment & now with the ongoing closures of courts, the process is slowly becoming a joke.
A dedicated evictions dept should be opened and timescales should be limited to a maxium of 2 months
An urgent review is needed for HOUSESHARERS it is essential the other occupiers can rely on ease of eviction of any inhabitant when one person in a house made up of several individuals. It needs to be simplified if one is not paying their way or has committed any misdemeanor against any other housemate such as ID theft perhaps by stealing their post, common assault in an argument ,or a sexual crime against one of the other tenants, otherwise the landlord could be left with a single bad tenant and the other (say 4,5, or 6 ) tenants are all forced to find somewhere else to live.
There is no reason this situation should be treated any differently to as it would be when the landlord lives in himself (a license I think offers him protection in his own home, but all HMO people should have the same assurance). AST regs shouldn't be applicable when the accommodation IS NOT stand alone and is only a bed-room with all other areas shared with others (lounge, kitchen, bath, garden, garage).