Extend the eviction ban! Senior Labour politician leads call

I suspect they will have their way.

Excellent use of illiteration 😂

Do we David? Seems like less and less by the day.

I have the right to put up my prices to cover whatever the authority's pile on us.
And by natural development all LL will be forced to do the same.

Not only that, but I will also be adding 15% of any increase in my costs to the tenants.

So all these nutters do is damage those they should be protecting.

I think some nuance is required by the government here.
My view is that loopholes allowing non genuine Tenants to simply play the system and take advantage of free rent for 18 months +, should be closed.
A Tenant's non-engagement in the same mediation process a Landlord must now adhere to, as well as failure to provide full disclosure/transparency of their circumstances, should enable a possession order and eviction to be granted. Those genuine cases where a Tenant is trying their best in difficult circumstances, engaging in mediation with such full disclosure and transparency should not be.
Seems pretty straight forward to me.

It also appears to be the only debt that has little in the way of consequences...steal from a shop and you risk a criminal record, don’t pay, say, a car payment and your credit score will take a hit...why should rent be any different and outside of credit scoring??

Or, the state fulfill its responsibilities.
Private Housing is just that, and cannot be co-opted into Free Social Housing at Individual Landlords expense.

There was a 'push' ( before Xmas ) for Landlords to come together to launch a legal challenge against the Govt for the suspension of Possession but there was Virtually No interest.

I DEMAND that Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin etc. ALL reduce their prices by 80% IMMEDIATELY. It's unfair that buying one would make such a dent in my bank balance that I would be forced to have fewer holidays!

Why should I have to live within my means? It seems to be OK for others not to do so.

I think I will start voting Labour and pick from the magic money tree.

I’m no Labour supporter, but it simply cannot be argued that the Blair years were some of the best for LLs (much as it pains me to say). I don’t care if that’s because they borrowed from the future...let’s have that again and I’ll take what I can and get out.

Luke, Mr Blair is a big landlord him self

Then he or someone like him would fight our corner.

Perhaps we should all have rent increase clauses tied to council tax increases…they’re effectively in control of if/when and by how much rents go up by!

I illegally evicted 2 tenants in the 90s, one I got away with, the other was bought off for a £1000 and worth every penny , hope I never have to take the law into my own hands again, but who knows, if needs must.

So you admit to having no respect for the law, yet I daresay you expect your tenants to pay up with no "needs must" excuses. You're a disgrace, criminals like you have no place in our trade.

So, you will allow these tenant criminals to steal your assets with no recompense for their defaults and the authorities do nothing about it?

That will lead to anarchy, or in a smaller way by forceful eviction which is then fair.

It is MY property, not theirs.

And it will never stop.

With me, if it is the only way to restore my assets, then I will do it.

And of course, these people do not know how many lives they destroy through non-payments.

Now THAT I will NOT EVER allow for the sake of the responsibilities that I have to my family.

@Leics Landlord do F off you silly little man, you cannot even comment your real name.

I'm sure an offer from a few well built guys to help rent dodgers remove their belongings and assistance in giving written confirmation that they have voluntarily vacated our properties will be an offer many find hard to resist. The alternative is ever mounting debts, trashed credit ratings and inability to rent good properties from any prudent landlords.

Surely any politicians with tenants' interests at heart would recommend the former as the outcome in the tenants' best interests?

I'm sure that was why Andrew simply accelerated the achievement of an inevitable and fully justified outcome, even donating £1000 to one former tenant and no doubt writing off accumulated rent arrears as well. The man's practically a Saint, but then many of them were wrongly pilloried and persecuted by those with a misguided view of right and wrong.

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Leics Landlord. Another lump of yellow that hides behind a title not a name.

We must be quite lucky here in the Norwich area, my last bad tenant was over 4 yrs ago, other landlords that I speak to around here don't seem to be having too many problems either, but I think we are all being very careful selecting new tenants now, and there seems to be no shortage of good honest working tenants availible

And it will be LOTS more. Many, Many, Many LOTS too.........!
Yet again these idiots and harming tenants.