All posts by Landlord Crusader
Tenant evictions: It’s time for an uncomfortable conversation...
Dear tenants everywhere, I hope all is well and for the majority of you who don’t know about the Renters (Reform) Bill, that life continues to be sweet. For the few renters who are aware of the upcoming...
Rising tenant application fraud – landlords pay the price...
Was anyone else surprised/not surprised to read that tenant application fraud has rocketed by 140%? For those working at the sharp end of the private rented sector, I doubt it.
My first reaction was why...
The Renters (Reform) Bill doesn’t need tweaking –...
News that the Government is tweaking the Renters (Reform) Bill has been welcomed by landlords everywhere, not so much by the usual suspects, but this awful legislation really needs sinking.
The proposed...
Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean...
Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning uncharacteristically shy about her antics.
Angela is the deputy leader...
Landlords face a two-pronged attack on our livelihoods – and...
It’s not often that politicians offer an opinion and get it right, and it’s probably even rarer when it is the Edwardian throwback Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg talking sense.
Of course, he hits so many...
When politicians use weasel words, tenants lose their homes...
Who knew that weasel words could leave tenants homeless? Who knew that weasel words can mean the opposite of what they do mean?
I’m talking about Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions that...
The consequence of Section 24 – bankrupt councils and countless...
News this week that councils around the country are flagging up the prospect of going bankrupt because of the ever-growing homelessness bill they have to meet. Oh please, cry me a river. Not once will...
It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should...
This week saw a cornucopia of stories that illustrate the current wrong thinking on the private rented sector – and that landlords are the fault for everything.
First up is Andy Burnham’s political...
Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?
One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition of Section 21 as a panacea.
But I have yet to meet a landlord who actually...
Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill...
Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for our tenants?
I only ask because this is the time of year to come up with resolutions.
I’ve explained...
Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?
Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants.
Because it has been another week and another negative story about landlords.
This time it is the Labour...
Angela Rayner: Big mouth strikes again...
Oh, dear, oh, dear, I can’t believe that the intellectual colossus known as Angela Rayner has declared that section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions will be made illegal on day one of a Labour...
Why the Renters’ Reform Coalition is bad for landlords...
The Renters’ Reform Coalition (RRC) is a group of organisations that claim to fight for tenants’ rights, but in reality, they are harming both landlords and tenants in the private rented sector...
Renters (Reform) Bill: The countdown to a PRS disaster has started...
I thought it was too good to be true that the Renters (Reform) Bill would not make it through this Parliament.
And, sure enough, Dishy Rishi didn’t let me down.
At the last minute, as he was no doubt...
A future Labour government = rocketing rent rises and landlord...
And so, to the Labour Party conference where the sparkling wit and wisdom of Angela Rayner on the opening day managed to chill landlords everywhere.
There was nothing much to be surprised about, the normal...
The Conservatives hate landlords – Pass it on...
The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing have betrayed its core values and its loyal supporters.
The Tories have broken...
A political party manifesto for the PRS: What landlords DON’T...
So, we are into the party political conference season and it is apparent that the private rented sector (PRS) is not going to be discussed – even though the country is facing a ‘housing emergency’.
Sunak’s betrayal: How the PM stabbed landlords in the back...
Rishi Sunak has once again shown his true colours as a Prime Minister who does not care about the interests of landlords and the private rented sector.
In a shocking move, he has scrapped the plans to...
Tenant activist groups and the law of unintended consequences...
It’s not often that two separate stories manage to tell the unfolding horror of what is happening to the private rented sector – and both involve so-called tenant activist groups.
This is a...
Landlord’s EPC deadline: Does anyone else feel conned?
Have you invested thousands of pounds to upgrade your rental property to meet the proposed EPC rating of C? Or have you decided it’s too expensive to do the work and sold up? Then this week’s...
Why Labour’s Renters Charter is a charter for disaster...
Labour appears to be flirting with the idea of rent controls or capping rent rises and tightening up on the Decent Homes Standard under its Renters’ Charter. The issue has raised its head again recently...