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Order in Court! TV Star says he wants Section 21 scrapped

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken attack on Section 21.

Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Rinder - who is a qualified barrister and a legal ambassador for Shelter - called on the government to move ahead with its Renters Reform Bill, to set up a national landlord register and to ban Section 21 evictions.

The Renters Reform Bill, promised in the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto, bans Section 21 evictions, strengthening the Section 8 eviction process, replacing Assured Shorthold Tenancies and introducing ‘lifetime’ tenancy deposits.

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However, it’s still unclear when the Bill will be introduced to the Commons; even when it is, it may take over a year to become law.

This is not the first time that Rinder has given the Shelter policies an airing - he did the same in an interview in The Guardian last October.

On ITV yesterday he claimed millions of renters in the private sector fear eviction, and that four million people live in homes considered dangerous or requiring urgent repairs.

He also accused landlords of using Section 21 notices to complete illegal ‘revenge evictions’ on tenants who complain about conditions.

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  • George Dawes

    Another out of touch celeb pontificating

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    nope hes totally right

     
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    George Dawes,
    Spot on!
    I agree.

     
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    If you pay your rent on time and look after your property you are unlikely to be served a section 21. No LL wants to lose a good tenant.

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    rubbish I could give you many examples, out of the last 7 houses ive rented every landlord but one has either moved back in or sold even though they promised it was a forever rental, if only landlords had to rent themselves to see how ridiculous section 21 is

     
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    David- Didn’t you use to be in a rock band?

     
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    So David 7 landlords have found it necessary to move you on, think that speaks volumes for the kind of tenant that you must be.

     
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    With respect David, 'moving back in' or 'selling up' will be Section 8 grounds in the future. The abolition of S21 will make no different to a private Landlord getting possession of their property for these 2 reasons. Furthermore it is mooted there will be an accelerated possession procedure bolted on to a reformed Section 8, making any abolition of S21 irrelevant. 2 months notice will just become 6.
    I totally accept that GOOD Tenants require more security, but the lack of such security isn't the fault or responsibility of the private landlord. Private industry is private industry and it will not be bullied. It will walk away and invest elsewhere....what purpose will that serve? It will mean a lack of supply and higher rents.
    How about working with Landlords and providing incentives for such security, understand how the world works, rather than moan about it?
    As a Landlord, I would be happy to guarantee more security with fixed longer term Tenancies....but only will incentives to do so.... and most importantly with the ability to penalise BAD Tenants.
    Is this a lack of knowledge about S21 and S8 from Mr Rinder, or simply virtue signalling? He's an intelligent man, so I would argue the latter.

     
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    I have issued 1 S21 in 20 years when I needed to sell a house to buy my own home. But I have had tenants break agreements, damage my property, not pay rent - who needs protection from who?

     
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    Tricia Urquhart,
    I completely agree.
    This is a publicity ploy by Shelter.
    If they are against private landlords then why are they building ‘rent only’ developments in majority of cities and encouraging private investors ??
    Are these honey traps by Shelter, it’s supporters like Rinder, and unscrupulous tenants, shareholders from Labour and Lib Dem leadership?
    People like David Edmunds want a ‘lifetime rental’ at the cost of landlords hard work, instead of taking the responsibility of working to buy, maintain, and live in own home. In other words they want the landlords to do the hard work to subsidise these unscrupulous tenants lifestyle for lifetime.
    There should be fair laws to support landlords with an immediate eviction for non payment of rent, property damage, and anti social behaviours, and 1 months notice if the landlord needs the home for own/family usage.
    #fairlawsforlandlords
    #immediateevictionofunscrupuloustenants either by s.21, or by online immediate court orders with the support of police instead of waiting another 2-3 months for bailiffs to evict the tenant.

     
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    Further if you dont pay your mortgage the mortgage company can seek possession so why should tenants be treated differently?

     
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    Shelter with Charity Status who houses no one, doing their best to destroy private LL's who house millions of people. Then I see a small red box (only fit to hold a few letters really) at B&Q with a few miserable scraps of wanted unwanted wood & laminate pieces that's no use to anyone (it would cost them money to get rid of them) with a sign telling us to help ourselves in return for a Donation to Shelter that hates us. Then our LL Associations that we subscribe to informing us they have negotiated a discount for us to use B&Q imagine that ?.
    Then ITV see's fit to give air time to one of Shelters Barristers to have another dig at private LL's. I think Mr Robert Rinder should stick to his fictional Court Cases.

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    I want to kick that box every time I see it! My only dealing with Shelter resulted in an 80 year old leaving her home of 40 yrs to become a sofa surfer because they were more interested in beating a LL than supporting a tenant.

     
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    Michael- I 100% agree Re B&Q I now avoid B&Q sponsoring Shelter is disgusting and our LL association getting us discounts to encourage us to buy items for our rentals that are damaged by the very people Shelter represents shows you who’s side they are on.

    I say cut all these parties out of the equation along with letting agents that ‘represent’ the tenant. We as Landlords are at the point of serfdom

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    Trash Tv star to the Jeremy Kyle standard teamed up with the charity that houses no one. What a winner! I avoid B and Q and it’s bed partner Screwfix. Also M and S do a lovely line in sponsored sandwiches so I do not to support them either.

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    I take your point about B&Q and screwfix, however I do use them because around here in Norwich the builders merchants rip us off, there was a time that I had an account with Jewsons until I noticed the large difference in the costs of similar items, builders merchants give large discounts to companies that spend thousands with them every month, my normal spend with B&Q and Screwfix combined is just £200 - £300 per month, the likes of Jewsons wanted our business in the bad times of the 90s they have made it clear that they donot want it now.

     
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    I just use Toolstation and Homebase now . I just struggle to support anything that backs shelter.

     
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    I'm surprised B&Q let you in with your criminal record Andrew, do they make you turn your pockets out on the way out?

     
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    @ Leics landlord -- DICK HEAD !

     
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    Crikey, it's like Oscar Wilde is reborn. Presumably you employed this brilliant rhetoric at your trial.

     
  • James B

    Another self serving celebrity jumping on the U.K. landlords bashing wagon for his own PR

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    The real problem is not Shelter but the abject failure of the Landlord associations and estate agents to put the record straight, as a result, more and more oppressive legislation will be enacted until the 'pips squeak' and private landlords are no more.

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    And owner occupiers buy what we are forced to sell and the tenants that can’t/won’t save for a deposit will be living in tents. Please explain how to avoid this. I’m doing this for me not to help the gov, council, Shelter, NRLA & the tax man

     
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    It is difficult to put your head above the parapet without it being shot off these days!
    If you want to blame anyone try the mainstream media or the metropolitan liberal elite for creating the hate fuelled environment we all have to survive in today.

     
  • girish mehta

    Charities and government need to consider a Balanced approach. If they bring new laws and penalise landlords. Their will make their business not viable, governments councils are treating landlords as cash cows. They will stop investing rents will go up and more tenants will be homeless. Scraping section 21 and call it by any other name will not solve the problem with poor housing the council’s have enough legislation to enforce improvements. The need better enforcement. Most of the landlords provide decent service you cannot destroy whole housing sector by bringing ill thought policies and to get votes.
    Big business will invest and then charge higher rents to get their returns. This will put up rents higher . I takes I person earning in London to live in these places.
    These charities will make these tenants pay higher rents in long run
    All the scaremongering and government bringing ill thought policies to get voted has already pushed up rents, 95% mortguage are another example of ill thought policy good for the government and ministers chasing good sound bites
    It is shame that this country is one of the richest on this planet but people are forced to live in poor housing . The government have failed to address real issues for last few decades and creating divisions for their own short gain and votes.
    Council, government, tenants And landlords need to work to get her to build effective long term plans

    Tenets have the choice if they don’t like where they live they can move and pay for the privilege in found so. If the want to live in palaces then they have to pay for it.
    Don’t expect landlords to subsidise their lifestyle.
    The charities need to challenge housing rent allowance levels set by government and B make to reflect the true cost
    Don’t expect landlords to house these tenants subsidise their rents, pay higher property taxes and pay for upgrades and refurbishment and make a loss.

    Tenants and charities need to reset and educate tenant. And reset their expectation as the government have failed to take an objective policies and only interested in vote grabbing and good sound bites and promote their vested intrest

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    Rubbish, tenants do not get a subsidy, yes many would move if they have a bad Landlord etc but its expensive and time consuming, lets face it currently landlords & renters hate eachother but until their is a mass state built housing programme we sadly need eachother

     
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    If it’s that bad why don’t you save a deposit & buy a property. They are doing 5% down again

     
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    David presently I have 16 happy tenants, we get on fine, I have had tenants that have hatted me in the past when I've evicted them for nonpayment of rent.

     
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    David, I also have 11 sets of happy tenants, many who have been renting from me for several years. Don’t believe the press - and if you continually have problems with your LL then maybe it’s you or the type of property you rent.

     
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    David Edmunds -
    Wrong on every comment in this thread.
    Tenants do get subsidy, are currently subsidised by the landlords, who are losing rent yet have to pay the taxes for the govt to then subsidise these unscrupulous tenants by protecting their eviction.

     
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    Re "Landlords and tenants hate each other".. we absolutely do not! My tenants are all lovely and regularly tell me what a great landlord I am. I am reluctantly having to consider selling some properties because I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with all the legislation and taxation, most of which applies only to private landlords, and not to social landlords or owner occupied homes. I've ploughed my lifes savings into turning poor quality houses into lovely homes that people want to live in. I'll try and avoid evicting tenants but realistically I am going to have to put the rents up or sell.

     
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    I echo Andrew. I’m very lucky with all my tenants at present. All spot on people. If someone hated me I think we’d have to part company as I don’t give anyone I deal with reason to do so. Maybe that’s why you have to move so much.

     
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    David Edmunds

    I have had around 300 tenants over the last 20 odd years and only had to evict one, who was the only DSS claimant I have ever ( and will ever) let to. I have also had 2 other tenants whom I refused to allow to stay on after the initial term. All other tenants and I have got on fine.

    I suspect your attitude would have put you in the very small minority whom I would have refused to allow to stay on, exactly like 7 of your previous landlords!

    All the evidence, and the personal experience of landlords posting on here points firmly to the opposing view to your own misguided and very sad allegations.


    BTW. If you think moving between rental properties is expensive you should check out the costs of moving from one purchased property to another, which is rarely less than five figures. Of course, you may well have massive repair or cleaning costs to pay if you don't meet your obligations on vacating rental properties, no matter how reluctantly!

     
  • Daniela Provvedi

    I've never liked Judge Rinder. Why doesn't he just stick to joking around with his comedy show on ITV.

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    Totally disagree David, there is a glut of Housing not a shortage, take no notice of Media hype no foundation to their stories, look around you and see with your own eyes?. There is a big long waiting lists granted and it makes no difference how long this is because they want subsidies housing far better than paying the full whack and let the tax payer pick up the tab.
    We now have a Mayoral Election looming in L’don, yet there’s no one to vote for. The current one a waste of time, another one wants to Build 50’000 homes in a year even though not required, at the same time he already owns a Development Site ready to go to feather his own nest no need to say more. Another candidate says he will Build 100’000 homes not required.
    David my friend what makes you think LL’s & Tenants hate each other, couldn’t be further from the truth we get on so well together, and LL’s do everything possible to help them, amazing really with so many vicious spiteful organisations do their utmost to drive a wedge between us.

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    Because David wants the private Landlords to handover their property to unscrupulous tenants as a ‘lifetime’ home rather than evict them.
    He was evicted 7 times by his own admission- it speaks volumes about his behaviours as tenant.
    All unscrupulous tenants want lifetime rights in tenancies, but won’t be bothered to save up to buy their own house, or pay rent on time, maintain property, leave peacefully after receiving a notice and understand the responsibilities of mortgage, respect, and maintenance of property/ies.
    These unscrupulous tenants must be stopped immediately by changing our unfair tenant friendly laws to make them fair towards landlords.
    Tenant should be evicted immediately if they don’t pay, damage property or if the homeowner needs to use the property for own, family usage even if they own another place (after giving 1 week’s notice for fairness towards the tenant) -as they do in Germany.
    #fairlawsforlandlordsprotection
    #immediateevictionofunscruploustenants.

     
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    The Housing Act 1988 was introduced to free up the rental sector which was very limited with Protected Tenancies. The Act did just that it brought much needed rental stock to the sector. Tenants have never had it so good now in terms of rights. However the government has brought in so much legislation and taxation to the sector that landlords are leaving en mass which is reducing the supply massively. Where I am in the North West rents that previously have not moved for 10 years in the last 2 years since the tenant fee ban have seen increases from £400 to £700 in 2 years. Due to shortage of supply and increased costs. Incidentally the headline grabbing "tenant fee ban" did nothing to help tenants in reality who now have higher rents to pay. To give an example on deposits previously an extra "pet deposit" was taken so 2 x refundable deposit. Now the rent is increased by £20 per month per pet, so pet owners will pay £240 every year wheras previously they were likely to get the extra deposit back at the end of the tenancy. How many of the 12 housing ministers in the last 10 years had ever worked in the housing sector? They are clueless and driven by left wing popularism (votes). Listening to their left wing civil servants who are supposed to be apolitical. They listen to shelter and then "consult" with industry, consultation is a tick box exercise, they do not listen to the sector. They will drive yet more landlords to abandon the sector and the rents will continue to esculate, they reap what they sow. The Housing Act 1988 is slowly being repealed!

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    The political leaders of Labour and Lib Dem’s are investing in ‘rent only’ developments in London, Bristol and northern cities to grab their share of tenant’s income.
    The laws in U.K. are unfairly leveraged to protect unscrupulous tenants.
    This imbalance needs to be redressed to make laws fair towards Private Rental sector landlords.
    #fairlawsforlandlordprotection campaigns need to be started immediately to evict non paying, anti social unscrupulous tenants immediately.

     
  • PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend

    Landlords and tenants ' hate ' each other ? - what planet is he Living on ???
    That's like saying shops hate customers, of course, - shops do HATE customers who STEAL from them. But that's only a small proportion of criminals and they're the same familiar losers you see all the time.
    Its a lot like bad tenants, and if the ' hate each other ' theory had a strand of truth, why are 84% of Tenants satisfied, - according to the EHS ( that's the English Housing Survey, for a certain clueless contributor on here )
    When Sec 21 goes, so will a huge swathe of PRS properties for tenants like David. - Just read Joe Speye's article on it.
    The tenant support groups [sic], - support the 5% of the Rogue tenants and are oblivious to the harm their campaigning is and will do to the vast majority of Tenants.

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    Been a Landlord for 20 Years, issued just one section 21 to a Scum Bag, who did not pay the Rent. After I obtained a section 21, She and her Scum Friends trashed the House before disappearing.
    I involved the Police and a warrant was issued for her arrest, 18 Months later the Police advised She was arrested at the Airport when going on Holiday. Needless to say I was delighted to have spoilt Her Holiday, strange these poor downtrodden Tenants can’t pay the Rent, but can afford Foreign Holidays.

    Rinder needs a reality check, Landlords live in the real World, it’s not rubbish T.V. For idiots who should be at work. The Mans a fool!.

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    Mr Rinder is a fool, educated, an honors degree from a top uni probability , but still a fool when it comes to the real world, there are many just like Mr Rinder out there .

     
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    Robert Rinder has 'adjudicated' some tenant/landlord cases on his TV program but I've felt that he has little understanding of the PRS generally.
    Landlords don't evict good tenants - those that pay their rent on time and look after the property. Its only those who owe £1000's in rent arrears and trash the property that get served with a Section 21 notice.
    Don't forget its the Landlord's property, their investment and they should be able to decide who lives there. Allow the banning of DHSS and pets if necessary.

  • girish mehta

    He is getting paid by shelter so as long as he gets paid a hefty payment . He will jump when they tell him to . This is what is wrong with so call charities and pressure group . As B long as you give us The Money we will pretend to make the Things better.
    Clueless people lining their pockets
    As long as I am all right jack mentality.

    Landlords work hard, make sacrifices, an put their life savings into business .

    When tenants prefer to spend their earnings in lavish life styles and live for today, Try saving deposit and buy a house then let it .may be then you will reset your expectations.

    Most think the rent they pay is for landloard to spend on luxuries.
    Landlords have expenses as well. Try saddling a loan for 25 years , pay taxes ,
    You realise is B a B business and not a charities

    Clueless politicians and their friends milk the system. For their benefit

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    Yes we have expenses, just done my tax return, over £19k on repairs last year, and that's with me doing much of the work myself, Insurance over £2k, and I'm one of the lucky landlords with no mortgages to pay, I'm not complaining, but the rent doesn't all go in our back pockets.

     
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    Andrew, you say you have 16 happy tenants. Let's assume they are paying an average of £500pcm - almost certainly an underestimate, but I'm feeling generous. That's £8000 per month between them, or £96,000 per annum. You spend £21k on repairs and insurance, leaving gross profit of £75,000.

    And yet, here you are every day without fail, moaning and whining about how unfair life is to you, though you plainly live a life of wealth and privilege.

    Worse, you are by your own admission a criminal landlord who is prepared to defy the law when it suits him, but who still expects the law to protect him. Either you are a hypocrite or an idiot - given that you post under your own name I tend towards the latter.

    Clearly your time in the dock did not disabuse you of your sense of entitlement. You will now respond with some damned fool response which will prove my point.

     
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    Leics Landlord, at no point have I ever said that life is unfair to me, I enjoy what I do and yes you are correct I do live a life of wealth and privilege, which for all the hard work I've put in over the years I feel I'm entitled to.
    Other than a speeding offence on a motor bike as a teenager I have never been in the dock as you put it.
    The idiot on here is your good self sir.

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    By your own admission you are guilty of the offence of unlawful eviction, for which the maximum penalty is a term of imprisonment and for which you would now be likely to receive a Banning Order. And you spend a disproportionate amount of time on here pathetically whining for a man who doesn't think the world has been unfair to him.

     
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    Leics.

    Until you use your own name, your comments don't deserve serious consideration.

    BTW, keep your own libel lawyers on speed dial!

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    Robert, I really do not think for one moment Leics Landlord is a landlord at all, he / she is one bitter and twisted person very anti landlord, he / she has made that clear by their comments on here .

     
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    Andrew

    As usual, I think you're not wrong!

     
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    It's not up to you whether I use my own name or not. You don't appear to have made a similar comment under anyone else using a pseudonym.

     
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    Leics, with greatest respect to all. There seems to be a misunderstanding here it must be £500 pm, per rented property not per Tenant. I don’t have any Tenant paying that kind of money in expensive London where property prices are triple to buy, strangled with Council Regulations and other London costs, yet so many rent arrears for me, no point in me talking about yields. This is just a general comment not being specific to anyone and we need to avoid being personal, all LL’s are now considered Criminals since Law changed, I am awake at this hour I suspect my Tenants are likely to be fast asleep.

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    Of course we're not all considered criminals, don't be so ridiculous.

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    Leics, you are very short of 'like' ticks on here, I think that speaks volumes. still that's it, I will not be responding to any more of your comments, your a waste of space.

     
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    I must be one of very few landlords who would not miss section 21 as I've never had to use it I want my tenants to stay pay and behave and only evict the cause. Unfortunately like many landlords I've had to evict a lot of tenants who have wilfully refused to pay their rent. That will happen if section 21 is abolished is that evictions will take place for the reason there will be no reduction in evictions but the reason will be given.

    Unfortunately I believe the government will suppress this as it does not go along with the agenda of landlords wanting to evict tenants saying the evictions are due to Covid and tenants been unable to pay .
    Jim Haliburton
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    Most section 21 evictions are normally for a reason, normally non payment of rent, I have always used sec 21 over sec 8 in the past to evict non payers simply because sec 21 is quicker and easier, we will have to wait and see how the new sec 8 works, or better still being very careful when selecting new tenants + a guarantor where ever possible.

     
  • Fery  Lavassani

    Jim, we all want to avoid court proceeding. Whether accelerated (no Hearing) or full session with Hearing. The problem is the system. If you take a tenant to court under section 8, I guarantee you the tenant will come up with counter claim, although untrue, such as damp or disrepair, to frustrate the proceedings. In a section 8 proceedings you will not get more than 10 minutes. A false counter claim might have unseen consequences. The tenant gets legal aid and free chartered surveyor. The surveyor will have to survey the property and come up with a report. They usually find something. Depending on the age of the property. Things that you did not know and the tenant never mentioned before. I had a case where the surveyor found a broken tile on the roof, that neither me nor the tenant ever noticed. Then you have to put your hand in your own pocket to instruct your own chartered surveyor (usually over £500.00 plus VAT), as the first one does not take instructions from you. If you represent yourself in court, you will technically save yourself a couple of thousand pounds. Then you will get another date for the second Hearing. The whole process could take and will take, months. Remember, no rent is coming. Even after you get your possession, you can kiss good bye to the arrears. So section 21 is a blessing. Without that we will go back to bad old days prior to 1988 Act.

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    Fery Lavassani,
    Spot on!
    Legal aid solicitors use tactics to avoid S.8 evictions. They advise the tenant to pay a portion of outstanding amounts to delay the court hearings.
    In my opinion, the tenant should be liable to pay compensation for stress to landlord if an eviction notice is required.
    No landlord wants to evict good tenants. Only unscrupulous tenants are evicted & one would expect that judge Rinder should be more aware than a layman to make laws fairer for landlords, unless he is getting a great payout by Shelter, or has a political ambition for his future career progression/income source.

     
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    Fery you must be very unlucky. I'm not saying the following to boast only to say I don't think using the section 8 is the problem it is made out to be. I have evicted over 350 tenant's through the courts with 100% success and I have no eviction policy, I will not evict a tenant who cannot pay, only those who wilfully refused to pay and I written a DIY manual for other landlords describing how I do it and it covers every defence or problem I've come across in evicting tenants. I have never had a counterclaim made though a few tenants have muttered about making a disrepair claim which as you correctly say results an adjournment so delaying the possession order for another six or eight weeks but they have never turned up to the second hearing never mind producing any evidence of a counterclaim. I find they normally dispute the rent that is owed but never produce any evidence to justify them having paid. Yes they do get free legal representation and knowing some of my tenants ability to fabricate the truth it is not beyond them so I'm surprised they have not tried to make a counterclaim. Where would they get the money to pay for a surveyor? Maybe it's because I have a login system for repairs and can show they have never reported a disrepair or if they have we can evidence the time date and when it was fixed .

    As for Andrews claim that it's quicker to use section 21 please convince me. A Section 8 only needs two weeks notice, six weeks in my area you're into court and The judge gives the tenant two weeks to leave . In total 12 weeks . Section 21 cannot be served for the first six months or the period of the AST if longer, you must give two months notice and it takes about two months to get to court The judge usually gives the tenants four weeks to leave . Yes there is a court hearing read my manual it tells you what to do most judges are decent fair people but there is the odd twisted individual who does not like landlords . You just have to learn to put up with the contempt .

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    Jim, I would be very interested to read your manual, where can I find it

     
    Fery  Lavassani

    Jim, Section 21 Notice currently needs 6 months notice. due to Covid. It has been increased from two months requirement. For Section 8 Notice, currently you will have to give 6 months notice if arrears are less that six months and 4 weeks notice if arrears are more that six months. So the tenant gets minimum seven months rent free before you submit your claim. Then wait for the Hearing date and walk to the unknown. Whereas Section 21 not only takes less time, but guarantee you result. We used to submit the application and guaranteed within 14 days or sometimes even less, get the possession. Whereas with Section 8, which is a fault based section, rent arrears is one subsection. Of course the common one is that of rent arrears. AS we all know, the tenant has to be two months or more behind, on the date of submission of application and on the Hearing date (that was the case prior to covid). Like Bhala said, just prior to the actual Hearing, the tenant, by making a small payment, clears enough arrears for the judge to throw the case out. If a tenant through the Hearing claims disrepair, then automatically you have a counterclaim. After the work is done, if there is any work to be done, you then need evidence to show the work has actually been done. That is when you need your own surveyor's report. I do not know which area Jim is operating from. But before the Covid, West Midland County Courts took 7 months to hear a Section 8 claim and Manchester was 4 months. In my opinion, when first you see the tenant is falling behind, then why wait two months to be able Section 8? Initiate Section 21 by serving A6 on the tenant, where you are guaranteed possession hassle free.

     
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    I know exactly how it was before we Campaigned to have it introduced, so now we are going back there again you’ll find out as well.
    It very true we seldom use Section 21, we don’t have to because it’s there, remove it and see what happens when the Tenant know you can do nothing about anything. I don’t know why so many jumped on the bandwagon to remove it when it was only used as a last resort. This is massive and the potential to cause deflation and a big crash. I haven’t seen so many LL’s wanting to sell since 2008.

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    I know what Jim is saying but those are very recent changes made by Shelter and 2015 De-Regulation Act to under mine Section 21. We used to serve it at the beginning & not after 4 months then give 2 months notice. When it was served at the beginning the Tenant knew how long it was for, at the end of Term, if the Tenant & you where happy you simply signed another Contract, what was wrong with that? nothing .
    The Tenants were keen to sign up for further period and no problem. Of Course the busy bodies charged all that which meant the Tenants couldn’t care less and make all kind of excuses why they couldn’t be available to sign another Contract & LL going around like a headless chicken.
    Then they added property disrepair and fiddle with the Boiler excuse to frustrate the process, so Section 21 should be restored to what it was meant to be following the 1988 Act.

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    Hi Andrew you can get my DIY eviction manual from my website or give me a call

  • Fery  Lavassani

    I purchased one from Jim's websites this morning. But I guess the manual mainly deals with HMOs. Am I right Jim?

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    I down loaded Jim's '' the beginners guide to HMOs'' not that I have any wish to become an HMO landlord but a very interesting read with many very good points.
    Also anyone see Mr Rinder on Tipping point last night ? I said to my wife that his charity would be Shelter, and sure enough his winnings went to Shelter .

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    Thank you for thank you Fery for getting my 'operating standards for HMOs'. Did you want to get this or did you want the DIY eviction manual? The operating standards for HMOs is a standing operating procedures for operating HMOs

    Jim Haliburton
    The HMO daddy

    Fery  Lavassani

    Hi Jim, although I have purchased the Operating Standards for HMOs, I would love to have a copy of your DIY eviction manual, too. Please advice how to obtain that.

     
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    Shelter Charity Status 60 million income to house no one. I seen it reported at one stage but hard to verify, the extra money from tipping point will be welcome to continue to attack people who provide housing.

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    David I used to rent too at a time when if you do pay you were out. So do think someone handed me a house I had t get my own. David you certainly seem to move a lot, if you have rented seven houses and an issue with all, I would look closer to home, take a look in the mirror.

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    Thank you for thank you Fery for getting my 'operating standards for HMOs'. Did you want to get this or did you want the DIY eviction manual? The operating standards for HMOs is a standing operating procedures for operating HMOs

    Jim Haliburton
    The HMO daddy

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