Corbyn – Government “in the pockets of Rogue Landlords”
Jeremy Corbyn was responding to a Guardian article “Hundreds of thousands living in squalid rented homes in England” when he accused the government of being unwilling to fix the housing crisis because they were “in the pockets of rogue landlords.”
Corbyn said: “The squalid and unsafe conditions that hundreds of thousands of people face are at crisis level. The broken housing market is in urgent need of a complete overhaul. The Conservatives can’t fix the housing crisis because they’re in the pockets of property speculators and rogue landlords, not on the side of tenants.”
By property speculators if Corbyn means BTL landlords he is sorely mistaken following the Conservative party attacks on landlords through Section 24 mortgage interest relief restrictions, Stamp Duty surcharges for second homes and continued one sided legislation.
The Ministry of Housing put out a statement saying: “Everyone deserves a safe and decent home and we have given councils strong powers to crackdown on bad landlords and we expect them to use them. We have brought in £30,000 fines, are introducing a database of bad landlords and given councils £12m to enforce the law in hotspot areas. We are also supporting Karen Buck’s private member’s bill which will require all landlords ensure their properties are safe and give tenants the right to take legal action.”
There appears to be a never ending supply of political gain to be made out of confusing all good landlords with the term rogue, which should actually be criminal, landlord and the reason for the housing crisis.
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Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 259
12:02 PM, 6th February 2018, About 8 years ago
It also takes no account of how costly, difficult and tedious it is to evict a non-paying tenant. No landlord wants to evict a tenant unless forced to. And it is generally over substantial arrears. The eviction process takes at least 3 months if escalated to the High Court (and not defended by the tenant), and if not escalated – the waiting period for Country Court bailiffs is now about 40 weeks. In other words a professional tenant can prolong his/her free occupation by between 6 months to a year whilst the landlord funds this unassisted. And I’ve yet to see any reference to that egregious state of affairs by any politician or media body. And a CCJ is small consolation when faced with those mounting debts and little hope of recovering them.
There is definitely “something rotten in the state of Britain” and apologies to Shakespeare on my misquote from Hamlet.
Member Since November 2013 - Comments: 1130 - Articles: 2
4:09 PM, 6th February 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by DALE ROBERTS at 06/02/2018 – 12:02
Yes, and if Corbyn evicted his lodger and the lodger refused to move out he would only need to change the locks and if necessary call the police.
Member Since October 2013 - Comments: 804
8:47 AM, 7th February 2018, About 8 years ago
80% reduction in buy to let purchases since 2015 80% crazy
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Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 828
12:27 PM, 19th February 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander at 30/01/2018 – 10:46
leave the conservative party and tell them why
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12:31 PM, 19th February 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by DALE ROBERTS at 06/02/2018 – 12:02
always chase arrears–and issue all the paperwork–you may not get any money but the judgement acts as a register of rogue tenants
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12:36 PM, 19th February 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by NW Landlord at 30/01/2018 – 16:08
the landlord associations seem more interested in making money out of reghulations than fighting them