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markymark
| Company: | college and county |
| Website: | www.collegeandcounty.biz |
Posted Date: Friday 4th May 2012
There is another reason why landlords in Oxford will not let to LHA tenants...... If a section 21 is issued, the local authority will advise tenants to stay put until they are evicted, claiming that failure to do so will result in tenants making themselves intentionally homeless. Eviction is costly and time consuming; furthermore there is no certainty of a date of vacant possession so voids are inevitable (in Oxford our voids are less than 3 days per year per property)
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There is another reason why landlords in Oxford will not let to LHA tenants...... If a section 21 is issued, the local authority will advise tenants to stay put until they are evicted, claiming that failure to do so will result in tenants making themselves intentionally homeless. Eviction is costly and time consuming; furthermore there is no certainty of a date of vacant possession so voids are inevitable (in Oxford our voids are less than 3 days per year per property)
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Today's Other Headlines 
- Thousands of landlords could face legal action after new Court of Appeal ruling........
- Universal Credit rent arrears system won't work, says eviction specialist........
- New bridge-to-let lending product 'a first for landlords'........
- Shadow housing minister praises council for crackdown on landlords........
- Tributes after president of National Landlords Association dies........
- Possession claims by landlords in sharp rise........
- Shelter says all letting agent fees must be met by landlords ........
- Angry RLA accuses charity of anti-landlord rhetoric........
- Landlords worried about Universal Credit changes........
- Gap between cost of renting and buying narrows........
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This un-thought-out legislation has all come from a failure of Grant Shapps to bury the planning directive introduced in the death throes of the previous government. How on earth is it to be policed? Will neighbourhood watch take on a whole new meaning? I have already had clients asking me not to renew to families as they want established use before the article four directive expires. I know of landlords who have applied for a license as an HMO on a property let to C3 usage just so that they can have "evidence" of established use. What is particularly frightening to me is that this may serve to drive more residential lettings underground and into the hands of the less scrupulous landlords. It will be those who will simply fabricate "tenancy agreements" to demonstrate established C4 usage and even intimidate neighbours to "give evidence". It will also serve to impact on property values; there are some parts of the city where values are so linked to yield that should a C3 property come on the market, and only be saleable to another family, it may be worth up to 30% less than the grubby HMO next door!
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