A BBC1 programme this week will devote an hour to looking at the ‘generation rent’ phenomenon.
Paul Shamplina, of Landlord Action, will be featuring in the documentary, ‘Meet the Landlords’, due to go out on Thursday evening at 10.35pm.
The BBC says the programme will look at the subject of arrears and at both sides of the renting equation – landlords who it says are “making a mint” and tenants struggling to pay their rent or refusing to leave.
Two of the landlords due to be featuring in the show have instructed the help of Landlord Action, and in the documentary, Shamplina will be seen helping them to reclaim possession.
Shamplina said: “Over the years, our experience of professional bad tenants has been plentiful, often evicting the same tenant from more than one property.
“Whilst they are the minority, this type of tenant has the intention of preying on vulnerable landlords in order to live for free.
“They will seek out someone new to the market who is self-managing a property and who, out of financial desperation to avoid a void period, will accept a tenant with minimum referencing.
“However, more and more, we are also seeing situations where tenants have fallen on tough times and remain in properties out of desperation.
“The documentary seeks to underline this plethora of scenarios that ‘generation rent’ is creating by following landlords, both professional and amateur, in very different situations.”
Shamplina will also be featuring in BBCs ‘Rip Off Britain’ series in September in a report which highlights the growing problems surrounding illegal sub-letting.
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