Landlord Crusader, Author at Property118

Labour doesn’t like landlords but really needs us for growing numbers of asylum seekers

2nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 42

It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Landlords, already battered by a barrage of legislative changes and economic pressures, are now being asked...

Why are landlords expected to parent their tenants?

Author: Landlord Crusader

25th April 2025, 1 year ago | 24

Sefton Council’s recent warning to private landlords has sparked outrage, and for good reason. The council insists that landlords –...

Why EPC costs and not the Renters’ Rights Bill could collapse the private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

The private rented sector (PRS) is teetering on the edge of a cliff, and the government seems determined to give...

The landlord exodus continues, but no one in power seems to care

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th April 2025, 1 year ago | 27

Another week, another set of grim headlines for the UK’s landlords, yet the national news remains eerily silent on the...

Why the abolition of Section 21 will backfire on tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th April 2025, 1 year ago | 9

The Renters’ Rights Bill and its mission to abolish Section 21 so called ‘no-fault’ evictions isn’t just a slap in...

Will Shelter ever step up to help tenants AND landlords?

Author: Landlord Crusader

28th March 2025, 1 year ago | 23

For many of us, the private rented sector has turned into a battlefield, and at the heart of the latest...

Providers or parasites? The vilification of landlords continues

Author: Landlord Crusader

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 5

Two stories on Property118 on the same day manage to spell out the real issue facing PRS landlords in the...

Why endless landlord bashing has created the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 8

We all know that the private rented sector across England, Wales and Scotland is under siege. Landlords, the backbone of...

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks more chaos: Are landlords and letting agents doomed?

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th March 2025, 1 year ago | 30

It’s not even law yet but the dreaded Renters’ Rights Bill has spread its tentacles from landlords and tenants to...

PRS landlords under siege: Misrepresented and unheard!

Author: Landlord Crusader

28th February 2025, 1 year ago | 23

The private rented sector is at a tipping point, and landlords are caught in the crosshairs of a perfect storm:...

Why the victimisation of landlords shames everyone

Author: Landlord Crusader

21st February 2025, 1 year ago | 28

Reading the news on Property118 about tenants getting a new platform to make complaints made my heart sink. The PRS...

The looming cataclysmic EPC event for the private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th February 2025, 1 year ago | 29

It’s been a hectic week for landlords with lots of EPC news – a consultation to bring in EPCs for...

Why Labour’s squeeze on the PRS is creating a perfect storm

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th February 2025, 1 year ago | 12

Let’s be honest, the Conservatives did landlords in the UK no favours, but Labour are delivering something that is making...

My landlord vision for Christmas 2025 – it’s not good for tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

31st January 2025, 1 year ago | 44

It’s been six months since the Renters’ Rights Bill hit the statute books and the dust still hasn’t settled. Tenants...

Landlords: Would you start in BTL in 2025 if given the choice?

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th January 2025, 1 year ago | 40

Despite a growing landlord exodus – which the housing minister Matthew Pennycook disbelieves – would you start as a landlord...

Renters’ Rights Bill comes back to Parliament – start the clock!

Author: Landlord Crusader

10th January 2025, 1 year ago | 12

Like the proverbial bad penny, the unwelcome return of the Renters’ Rights Bill to Parliament next week is not to...

2025: A perfect storm for landlords AND tenants?

Author: Landlord Crusader

3rd January 2025, 2 years ago | 20

Oh, dear. It’s 2025 and the private rented sector is set for one of its biggest upheavals in years –...

Landlords’ Rights Bill: Let’s tell the government what we want

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th December 2024, 2 years ago | 14

Since this is the time for reflection on what has happened this year and thinking about New Year resolutions, I...

Shelter and Generation Rent: It’s time to own what you’ve done

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th December 2024, 2 years ago | 31

As Shelter bemoans the rising tide of homelessness with fears that thousands could be evicted from their homes in time...

English Private Landlord Survey: Why we are crucial to the housing market

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th December 2024, 2 years ago | 7

With not a lot to do I read the publication of the English Private Landlord Survey and found it was...

Why the UK’s housing crisis will deepen as landlords flee

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th November 2024, 2 years ago | 17

They say there is a housing crisis – and with good reason. Net migration to the UK reached an astonishing...