Landlords point to eviction reform to boost buy to let investment

The ability to remove a ‘bad’ tenant would deliver a welcome boost to those looking to rent privately. It would allow the property to become available to a new tenant. Perhaps a family that is currently consigned to the housing scrap heap known as temporary accommodation.

Void periods (between tenants) are extremely wasteful and virtually impossible to avoid. Without a KNOWN date for when the outgoing tenants will move, landlords cannot plan to recover the property, to carry out essential maintenance or to employ tradespeople.

Let us revert to the 1988 act, which worked well for many years. Repeal all the nonsense legislation introduced since 2016.

the eviction process is far too long allowing any rent arrears and malicious damage to continue when it could be stopped with quicker evictions. all these long evictions do (in my own case 2 years) is give councils longer time before they have to address the problems namely lack of accommodation. i cannot understand why a landlord cannot use a certified private bailiff which would be far quicker than a court bailiff.

in my experience all private landlords want is the rent paid and the place looked after. you will find that tenants who are evicted for either rent arrears or damage just go from one property to another continuing the same behaviours. there is also the housing benefit issue where tenants who have been in arrears before and not paid the benefit for rent should have the rent paid direct on any new letting. in some cases it is just asking for trouble when it is paid direct to the tenants and is really a fraud which tax payers have to bear

Spent over a year trying to evict a tenant not paying rent. Luckily I have rental guarantee otherwise I wouldnt take the risk. My relatives overseas can’t believe it takes more than a few weeks. This is not normal.

Not paying rent is theft, pure and simple you would not go into a car dealership and drive the car out without paying, we have this dangerous scenario now where governments are turning a blind eye to non payment, stores are getting looted and the message is it’s OK to not pay.

There is an easy solution in preventing the courts from becoming overwhelmed. If the landlord can prove the tenant has not paid rent for two months or longer, then the eviction notice should automatically be granted without going to court. Such an easy paper exercise, but so hard for the Government and courts to grasp.

Reply to the comment left by Leicester Landlord at 24/07/2024 – 15:54
Charity groups and the government are intent on keeping tenants in their homes (Landlords property), regardless of rent arrears etc

It puts the rent up for tenants who pay. They subsidise bad tenants. I’d be livid about this if I was a tenant