The Home Office has contacted the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to arrange a meeting to discuss what strategic partnerships can be created to get landlords to help tackle cannabis cultivation.
The RLA says preventing cannabis cultivation can stop many associated issues from taking root within local communities.
The RLA’s Landlord Advice Team (LAT) often field calls from private landlords who have been impacted by criminals with cannabis farms. Private landlords can be stung twice by these criminals as some insurers do not provide coverage for damages caused by alterations to properties to accommodate lights and other growing facilities. The Home Office is keen to engage with the RLA because of the hard work done by the LAT and RLA campaigners to help private landlords.
The National Policing lead for cannabis and fire services will be in attendance discussing the Crimestoppers campaign. The RLA says working with relevant stakeholders can only help landlords tackle this damaging practice as cannabis farms can be a significant issue for private landlords.
Landlords can read up on cannabis farms in this article by LAT guru Jim Lougheed.
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The Courts need to make the criminals reimburse the Landlord for costs, loss of rent and repairs to the property immediately from their proceeds of crime.
The Courts need to wake up to the fact that these properties are needed by decent tenants who need a pleasant home for their families to live in,
Once a property has been used for crime, it should be returned to the purpose for which it was intended( ie a home ) as soon as possible and the bill should be given to the criminal --- not the Landlord.