Landlord Crusader, Author at Property118

Landlords and the General Election: Who should we vote for?

24th May 2024, 2 years ago | 66

Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement to call a General Election might turn out to be one of the best political gambles...

The landlord exodus explained – what our critics don’t want to hear

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th May 2024, 2 years ago | 35

So, another week in landlord land and another slew of stories highlighting how bad landlords are for selling up –...

How many Lords will be ‘a leaping’ for the Renters (Reform) Bill?

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd May 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Now that the Renters (Reform) Bill is heading to the Lords, I’m struck by the lack of celebration by landlords...

Tenant evictions: It’s time for an uncomfortable conversation

Author: Landlord Crusader

19th April 2024, 2 years ago | 37

Dear tenants everywhere, I hope all is well and for the majority of you who don’t know about the Renters...

Rising tenant application fraud – landlords pay the price

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th April 2024, 2 years ago | 5

Was anyone else surprised/not surprised to read that tenant application fraud has rocketed by 140%? For those working at the...

The Renters (Reform) Bill doesn’t need tweaking – it needs sinking

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th April 2024, 2 years ago | 22

News that the Government is tweaking the Renters (Reform) Bill has been welcomed by landlords everywhere, not so much by...

Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean

Author: Landlord Crusader

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 19

Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning...

Landlords face a two-pronged attack on our livelihoods – and still we wait for the inevitable

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd February 2024, 2 years ago | 11

It’s not often that politicians offer an opinion and get it right, and it’s probably even rarer when it is...

When politicians use weasel words, tenants lose their homes

Author: Landlord Crusader

16th February 2024, 2 years ago | 12

Who knew that weasel words could leave tenants homeless? Who knew that weasel words can mean the opposite of what...

The consequence of Section 24 – bankrupt councils and countless homeless

Author: Landlord Crusader

26th January 2024, 3 years ago | 15

News this week that councils around the country are flagging up the prospect of going bankrupt because of the ever-growing...

It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should be in it?

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th January 2024, 3 years ago | 19

This week saw a cornucopia of stories that illustrate the current wrong thinking on the private rented sector – and...

Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th January 2024, 3 years ago | 13

One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition...

Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill or landlords voting with their feet?

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th December 2023, 3 years ago | 22

Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for...

Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

Author: Landlord Crusader

8th December 2023, 3 years ago | 43

Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants. Because it has been another...

Angela Rayner: Big mouth strikes again

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th November 2023, 3 years ago | 36

Oh, dear, oh, dear, I can’t believe that the intellectual colossus known as Angela Rayner has declared that section 21...

Why the Renters’ Reform Coalition is bad for landlords AND tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

3rd November 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The Renters’ Reform Coalition (RRC) is a group of organisations that claim to fight for tenants’ rights, but in reality,...

Renters (Reform) Bill: The countdown to a PRS disaster has started

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

I thought it was too good to be true that the Renters (Reform) Bill would not make it through this...

A future Labour government = rocketing rent rises and landlord misery

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 23

And so, to the Labour Party conference where the sparkling wit and wisdom of Angela Rayner on the opening day...

The Conservatives hate landlords – Pass it on

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 18

The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing...

A political party manifesto for the PRS: What landlords DON’T want from politicians

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

So, we are into the party political conference season and it is apparent that the private rented sector (PRS) is...

Sunak’s betrayal: How the PM stabbed landlords in the back with his EPC U-turn

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd September 2023, 3 years ago | 74

Rishi Sunak has once again shown his true colours as a Prime Minister who does not care about the interests...