Co-Op Bank joins Shelter in new anti-eviction campaign

The Co-op should stick to its own area of expertise. Yet another business that has swallowed Shelter's views on housing.

Very annoying I've banked with the Coop for years but feel like closing my account! - well unless they cancel me like Coutts!

Nick Slape should go, Polly Neate should be quiet with her soft job handed to her all those years ago now, started on £126k back then when Colin Robb was moving to even greener pastures. Charities have too many soft stepping stones.
I have been a loyal Customer for over 50 years of Co-op Bank & Insurance member when they done Insurance properly unlike now what ever happened there.
I will have plenty more to say about this I can tell them a few facts about being an ethical Bank. Busy today.

Disappointed that any business would take this stance. As we have said repeatedly, no landlord gives notice to good tenants for no reason. Either they are selling up or there are other issues and currently section 21 is often the best way forwards for tenants as well as landlord. ie they don't have section 8 non payment of rent on their record. This rhetoric of section 21 being mean old landlords evicting people for no good reason is just nonsense.

When section 21 goes it will mean the end of HMO's on individual room contracts and the cheaper accommodation they offer. One bad tenant on an indefinite contract with little hope of eviction and all the others leave.
Before a decision on Section 21 is made it needs a small modification requiring the landlord to indicate the reason for the eviction so that meaningful statistics can be gathered. Meanwhile let us not talk about ‘no fault’ evictions, rather ‘no reason given’ evictions.

It’s worth bearing in mind that the Co-op bank is now separate from the Co-op group. Nick Slape seems to be into human rights, Ukraine refugees, Amnesty etc whilst targeting other banks for takeover. Typical globalist activity, preach about the poor persons sufferings, commoditise then SELL us all out

GREAT! I use or should I say formally used my local COOP. Joins M&S on my black list. I mean why would you support an organisation that would support your downfall?

I shall stop shopping there now.

Let us all not mention the ethical policies of the Co Op, was it not Rev Flowers who was caught doing a different kind of Renting while on Columbian Marching Powder.

Makes me sick the hypocrisy of these corporates. I will never shop in a Co Op again and only staying with Nationwide for my personal mortgage because it is 3% below base rate fixed, after that never again.

Yes- the whole f in government which ever party. None of em have any clue! Well said to all above!

No one evicts a good tenant unless they want to sell. Even then it's questionable if a good tenant would be evicted as it's possible to sell with the tenant in situ. If the rent is at a suitable level and the tenant clears whatever referencing the new landlord and mortgage lender require it can be good for all concerned.

In the past didn't some tenants pay their landlord to issue a Section 21 so they got maximum priority on the Social Housing list? Does that still happen?

Cry 😭 me a river !! They are not listening as to why we are selling up 🤔

COOP where the great unwashed shop

I concur with all your comments. However, I have no wish to ignore the facts. Well done to the Maluka for writing that we need better info why Section 21 is being used. This will give a much clearer picture to all busy bodies out there. In return we must acknowledge that there are rogue Landlord's also!
Yesterday I had a Court hearing in Norwich using a Section 21, due to a non paying tenant, I will now either move into the house or sell it. In either case I am sure that I will have a lot of work to do there which will cost me a pretty penny. Without Section 21 this would have been drawn out for much longer and the simple fact of the matter is if the tenant has no money speed is essential in order to mitigate your losses.
The Judge, I believe was very much on my side, though did appoint a Solicitor for the tenant for a 15 minute session, this did have me worried. However, it soon became clear that the tenant was just giving wild accusations with no proof. for me a 14 day possession order is a result, now just need to see if he will go or I need to go to the next process.

Perhaps the most sickening thing about this unholy collaboration is their sheer hypocrisy! Here we have Shelter an organisation whose aim is "homelessness" doing little for "homelessness" but broadening their remit to an area they know nothing in order to boost their profile (and presumably appeal and income - shame on Polly Neate the CEO on £126k), and Nick Shape from a retailing group Co-op, who presided over the most shambolic and shameless treatment of customers in Co-op history! As if either of them really cared much about anything!!


Tweet the truth on them....
Polly Neat @pollyn1
Shelter @shelter
Coop @CooperativeBank

There is a common theme around Co-Op and the Boycotting issue. Its pertinent to the current Banking scandal also, -
Boycott The Wokes.

Another nail in the coffin. What's ethical about a tenant negating on the deal to pay their rent or turning their landlords house into a crack den? It's simple for anyone to grasp that the majority of evictions are due to rogue tenants. The private sector should be enabled to remove rogue tenants simply and quickly so that good, respectful and respectable people have properties available to them. Let the councils house the miscreants, for they have the finances, time and man power to tackle the long haul nonsense to evict. Private landlords like myself cannot afford the time, effort and costs involved to protect and secure their small portfolio of rental accommodations. There is far too little support for the private landlord despite the obvious ... good tenants don't get evicted.

The point that’s missed here completely is Section 21 is very seldom used contrary to popular press.
We don’t have to use in the main because the Tenants knows it’s there, take it away at your peril you’ll soon see what happens next when a landlord has no control over his property.

I recall shopping at the Co op

Makes Aldi look like Harrods

Renting property should be treated like any other business, if you don't pay you dont stay!

Ellie exactly right any data on how many letting Agents were there in London for instance prior to 1988 Act ?.
They are quoting data about every aspect of letting where are those figures ?.
I know it was only a handful altogether unlike now at least a dozen in every Borough how much employment, tax and wealth has that created, so kill the goose.
There was only one main of any significance before 1988 and that was ANDREWS and
now we house 11’000’000 do the Council’s want to house those themselves / where ? They can’t house what they got ?

I chased my Heartless agent up the other day for them to apply for the return of the deposit. Not hard from the person in a month. I have now been told he has 'left the business'.... I am sure quite a few agents will be leaving the business.

I am thinking of housing asylum seekers. The house needs doing up anyway so they can have it how it is...