Labour MP calls for action against landlords over tenant anti-social behaviour

Blame the Landlords again, problem will be getting worse once private rental pool disappears and more tenants cram into what accommodation is available-created by Labour lack of vision

I bet the Labour MP’s were at the front of the queue to vote to strip lanlords of the tools to manage and evict trouble tenants. Now we are virtually powerless to evict without bullet proof evidence, which is virtually impossible to obtain unless the direct neighbours are brave enough and willing to give detailed testement. There is no joined-up thinking. Just sound bite A’level politics. Where are the adults???

Have the Council or Police considered Direct action against Anti Social People , Drug Dealers , Criminals etc
Or helping Landlords to evict them .
What Power does the Landlord actually Have..

Politicians have systematically removed all landlords rights to control tenants.
To the point where if a tenant was smashing up the property, if the landlord physically restrained them, HE (the landlord) would get arrested.
Politicians are motivated by virtue signalling, not improving things.

What a crazy politician – clearly wrong but hey ho – it’s easy to blame the landlord for everything

What I don’t understand is that these stories are all about removing these tenants…so by definition they’ll pop up elsewhere and likely do the same thing. If the police, council etc tackled the TENANTS and made them responsible for their actions, rather than the landlord…then they may learn the errors of their ways. I think it’s called rehabilitation…

The landlord is not the irresponsible party it is the tenant, the council that fails to act and the government who has removed all power from the landlord to address the situation. Apart from that the landlord has let their property and really it is not up to them to deal with antisocial behavior, it is the police and surely that is up to neighbours to report.
Just throw more mud at the landlord

the gov nor police have the interest/resources/ability to deal with this. Last option? Make it the landlords problem. Problem solved apparently….

We are not a quasi judicial authority. If we try to evict tenants on an accusation, the courts will kick out the cases. If we report problems to the police, most of the time they won’t lift a finger. If the police or the Council report a problem to us, we have to act. In this regard nothing changes. It’s just another idiot politician who doesn’t understand how our businesses work.

I had a feckless tenant who eventually owed 15 months rent by the time I evicted him. He was violently antisocial and a menace to neighbours, one of whom was a disabled lady with a young child. They all complained to me/my agent, but my hands were tied. After he was arrested for downloading child pornography using a neighbour’s Wi-Fi, I found he had already been convicted for the same crime. The Police wouldn’t do anything about his drink and drug fuelled parties at all times day and night, I also discovered he was breeding pit bulls in the flat, and he was subletting without permission. My only option was a S8 Arrears, but it took over a year, and he wrecked the flat in the meantime.

In hindsight, I should have used a S21; I was badly advised. Even so, it would still have taken months to get a court order and bailiffs, he still would have wrecked the flat, and continued with his antisocial behaviour. Maybe, I should have listened to one of his neighbours who offered a solution!

I lived in London and the flat was near Sheffield. I sold up immediately, but how I would deal with that today under the RRA, I just don’t know. As for this MP, perhaps he should offer his services in face to face criminal tenant dispute resolution.