Appalled Landlord
Has the National Audit Office surrendered its independence to become the mouthpiece of the government?
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20th January 2017, 9 years ago | 13
Why Ireland Is Reversing Finance Cost Restrictions For Landlords
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18th October 2016, 10 years ago | 6
Appalled Landlord sends open letter to MP
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5th September 2016, 10 years ago | 3
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31st December 2019, 6 years ago
Shelter Birmingham have issued a denial about Robert Jenrick’s alleged visit on Christmas Day where “hot food and drinks as well as entertainment, services, clothing and a safe and warm place for vulnerable people to sleep” were allegedly provided. https://www.property118.com/jenrick-spends-christmas-evening-at-birmingham-shelter/#comment-119823...
Read More →31st December 2019, 6 years ago
When I saw Mr Jenrick’s tweet last week about his visit I was shocked. Had Shelter Birmingham started to provide, er, shelter? Google put my mind at rest. Mr Jenrick went here https://www.birminghamchristmasshelter.org/ , where accommodation was provided, not here...
Read More →9th December 2019, 7 years ago
“Analysis by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) shows that there are over 180 seats where the majority is smaller than the self-employed population. This includes 48 seats where the majority is less than 1,000 votes, and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jonathan Sterling at 09/12/2019 - 14:36
Reply to the comment left by The Forever Tenant at 09/12/2019 - 14:36Yes, you are wrong. Like the people at the Telegraph you have forgotten corporation tax. 21% of £1,368 is £287. But you are extremely quick off the mark...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michael Barnes at 23/11/2019 - 00:10
Reply to the comment left by Michael Barnes at 23/11/2019 - 00:10Yes, it is and yes, it does. It is not a sample, it is an example. It is a photocopy of a real letter, with identifying data covered up...
Read More →22nd November 2019, 7 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Paul Shears at 22/11/2019 - 00:45No Paul, I accept you are a landlord because you joined Property 118 in 2013, a few months before I did. Disabled Tenant popped up at 11.12 on 20...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 21/11/2019 - 19:41
Reply to the comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 21/11/2019 - 19:41Alison’s first video s called advice for landlords and tenants, but there is no advice in it for tenants. The advice for landlords is - indulge tenants. She claims...
Read More →19th November 2019, 7 years ago
The title and the first paragraph of the discussion between CIOT and HMRC indicate that the letters are only going to a specific group of people - those who are tenants of corporate landlords which are based off-shore. The sample...
Read More →15th November 2019, 7 years ago
The press release is also incorrect where it claims “However, these figures illustrate the huge gap between DWP funding, and the amount councils need to house homeless households.” The £1.1 bn total and the £344m for B&B are NOT the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jonathan Sterling at 14/11/2019 - 12:14
Reply to the comment left by The Forever Tenant at 14/11/2019 - 12:14There is always a reason.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jonathan Sterling at 14/11/2019 - 11:36
Reply to the comment left by The Forever Tenant at 14/11/2019 - 11:36What made you “live every single day in fear”? Most tenants end their tenancies themselves, so never receive a Section 21 notice. Most tenants had never heard of...
Read More →11th November 2019, 7 years ago
In the Daily Telegraph article above, Jeremy Warner wrote “Morton’s insight is that the problem is less that of inadequate social housing – the UK has one of the highest rates of social housing in the EU – but rather...
Read More →11th November 2019, 7 years ago
In the Executive Summary of the report “From Rent to Buy”, Alex Morton wrote “The fall in owner-occupation was accelerated by a series of decisions by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s Governments: scrapping pension dividend relief and allowing interest deductibility...
Read More →6th November 2019, 7 years ago
While there is a shortage of social housing it is not sensible to sell it to private individuals. It is even less sensible to give them large discounts.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/10/2019 - 09:18
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/10/2019 - 09:18So it is just a publicity stunt by the LibDems, for inclusion in their election manifesto? I wonder who drafted it. A well-known anti-landlord lawyer? An unknown lawyer from...
Read More →28th October 2019, 7 years ago
Shelter says that “ just 6% of two-bedroom properties across the whole country were both available and affordable to LHA rate claimants” https://blog.shelter.org.uk/2019/10/no-budget-means-no-help-for-those-facing-homelessness/ It gives a link to the source: “In a new and extensive piece of research, the Bureau captured...
Read More →25th October 2019, 7 years ago
A real property expert, Kate Faulkner, has today issued a report which includes: “Problems for tenants Policy decisions based on bad data and poor, sensational research will lead to more problems for tenants than any help to them.” https://www.propertychecklists.co.uk/articles/summary-latest-rental-report-from-zoopla-q3-2019
Read More →25th October 2019, 7 years ago
In the government’s consultation on 3-year tenancies, question 14 on page 33 was “ Do you think that a three-year tenancy with a six month break clause as described above is workable?” Respondents were also offered the opportunity to provide...
Read More →21st October 2019, 7 years ago
“The first-time buyers were, presumably, tenants and it makes no difference to the raw number of houses.” This echoes propaganda from Dan Wilson Craw, director of the organisation that calls itself Generation Rent (GR), which was apparently based on a...
Read More →11th October 2019, 7 years ago
Hyperbole Neate, chief exaggerator at Shelter, said “When I took over two years ago hardly anyone aged 65 or over worried about being made homeless. Thanks to our campaigns and lies we have managed to make 25% worry now, thus...
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