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Generation Rent demands eviction records and rent data in landlord database
10:14 AM, 21st May 2025, 11 months ago
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Generation Rent is calling for the new private rented sector database to include records of any previous eviction notices issued by landlords.
The tenant group claims the database should include when a landlord has served a Section 8 eviction notice, which Generation Rent argues could be open to exploitation.
Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, all landlords will need to sign up for the database, which will include information about their properties that tenants can access
If a landlord lets or advertises a property without it first being registered on the database, they can be issued with a civil penalty of up to £7,000 or a £40,000 fine if they provide fraudulent information to the database.
Landlords exploiting Section 8 grounds
Generation Rent argues that allowing the database to include previous eviction notices would prevent landlords from exploiting Section 8 grounds to evict tenants unfairly.
The tenant group claim the updated eviction grounds in the Renters’ Rights Bill are open to exploitation by landlords.
The group says: “‘In particular, landlord need’ evictions, ground 1 (where the landlord intends to move themselves or a close family member into the home) and ground 1a (where the landlord intends to sell the property), are especially open to exploitation, and could be used effectively as loopholes to conveniently evict sitting tenants and increase the rent if the no-let period cannot be monitored and enforced.”
However, the group claims that by allowing previous eviction notices on the database, renters would be able to identify cases where landlords have breached the conditions of a Section 8 eviction.
Actual rents being charged to tenants
Generation Rent also demands the database include mandatory entries for actual rents charged.
The tenant group claim this would help because: “This would mean that the rent tribunal, which the government is relying on to keep rents fair after the bill comes into law, would know the actual rents being charged to tenants, not just the advertised market rents, which are often higher than what landlords eventually rent the homes for.”
Other demands include providing relevant enforcement actions against landlords, such as penalties for failing to legally license a property or for renting out overcrowded homes.
The group also wants information about disabled access and disability features included in the database to help disabled renters in choosing a home.
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civil penalties for unregistered landlords, eviction loopholes for landlords, eviction notices, generation rent, Landlord Database, Private Rented Sector, rental data transparency UK, renters rights bill, Section 8 eviction
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2:22 PM, 26th May 2025, About 11 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Paul at 26/05/2025 – 12:22
One such site used to exist, unfortunately it was not widely used by landlords.
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4:20 PM, 26th May 2025, About 11 months ago
Reply to the comment left by TheMaluka at 26/05/2025 – 14:22
I own 4 DDA converted properties. We gave one disabled tenant a converted bungalow. The rest have gone to able bodied tenants.
People with disabilities (of which I am one) tend to stay in their property and not move due to scarcity of landlords who accept Local Housing Allowance.
The rates are 60% below the market rent.
I have reduced the number of LHA tenants from 20% to 9% as LHA rates were frozen for 4 years by the Conservatives and now 4 more under Labour.
I can take a hint. As soon as the LHA tenants vacated we move to the open market.
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4:21 PM, 26th May 2025, About 11 months ago
Reply to the comment left by TheMaluka at 26/05/2025 – 14:22
I own 4 DDA converted properties. We gave one disabled tenant a converted bungalow. The rest have gone to able bodied tenants.
People with disabilities (of which I am one) tend to stay in their property and not move due to scarcity of landlords who accept Local Housing Allowance.
The rates are 60% below the market rent.
I have reduced the number of LHA tenants from 20% to 9% as LHA rates were frozen for 4 years by the Conservatives and now 4 more under Labour.
I can take a hint. As soon as the LHA tenants have vacated we move to the open market.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
4:56 PM, 26th May 2025, About 11 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Northampton Landlord at 26/05/2025 – 16:21
I am currently converting eight of my ground floor flats for disabled living, but they will all be let at market rent. When homeless families reach one million, perhaps the government will take some positive action?
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7:12 AM, 27th June 2025, About 10 months ago
Does the government really think Landlords evict tenants for the shear fun of it. Don’t they realise it costs the landlords a fortune in lost rent, cost to advertise and re let, cost of tenant checks, cleaning properties and on and on. Tenants are typically evicted because they have not paid rent, are anti social, have damaged the property and even when the tenant is at fault the landlord have a costly procedure to follow with little cost to the tenant. If there is more risk to the tenant they may act more responsibility.
The other reason is the government have made being a landlord unsustainable and they often are forced to sell, which again will be a long costly procedure. If it was sustainable, landlords were protected against bad tenants, legitimate costs were tax deductable etc….. then landlords would remain and rents would be lower. The system is designed to move us to large corporate social landlords.