Lloyds Bank slams landlords as it creates new lettings agency

Lloyds Bank slams landlords as it creates new lettings agency

0:01 AM, 19th April 2023, About A year ago 51

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Lloyds Bank says that because landlords offer ‘poor and exclusionary practices’, they are teaming up with the homeless charity Crisis to start a new lettings agency.

It says the new venture ‘will be fair for tenants and fair for landlords’.

The bank says that homeless people won’t be asked to provide rent in advance, and they won’t need to meet strict reference requirements.

‘Chronic lack of affordable housing’

Charlie Nunn, Lloyds Banking Group’s chief executive, said: “A good home is a fundamental human need, and yet the reality is a chronic lack of affordable housing in the UK.

“This means there are too many people trapped in a cycle of temporary accommodation, or living in poor, sometimes dangerous conditions.

“This cannot be right and is why we are announcing our new partnership with Crisis – calling for one million new social homes to be built by 2033, with the clear focus on helping people who are most at risk of homelessness.”

‘First GB-wide not-for-profit lettings agency’

The lettings agency will start later this year in London with the ambition to roll it out across Great Britain – making it the first GB-wide not-for-profit lettings agency.

It will draw on the successful record of the award-winning Homes for Good, Scotland’s first social enterprise lettings agency.

The aim is to deliver one million new social homes that will be built over the next 10 years.

Households on low incomes that are living with poor conditions

The new two-year partnership comes as Crisis reveals there are nearly two million households on low incomes that are living with poor conditions such as mould, damp and overcrowding.

It says that those on low incomes are also experiencing rapidly rising rents and increasing cost of living pressures.

And it has data that shows 2.5 million households worry they will either be forced into poor living conditions or will have to remain in already substandard homes.

The report also highlights that more than 200,000 families and individuals who tried to move last year were forced to accept a property that was unsuitable or in poor condition.

‘Shortage of good quality, affordable housing’

The chief executive at Crisis, Matt Downie, said: “Our new partnership with Lloyds Banking Group will ensure we can take the bold action that is desperately needed to begin tackling the biggest issue facing the people we support – the chronic shortage of good quality, affordable housing.

“Our new lettings agency will mean we can help people experiencing homelessness directly into a safe, settled homes, the essential foundation they need to rebuild their lives.”


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Rob Crawford

11:00 AM, 20th April 2023, About A year ago

Good luck to Lloyds Bank and it's share holders. Not sure where they will get their landlords from though!

Polly Tician

16:35 PM, 20th April 2023, About A year ago

So Lloyds will be offering rent guarantee/legal costs cover, as their terms of business will not allow Landlords to obtain Rent Protection insurance?

Since a mortgage makes the bank a form of landlord I assume they will be granting much needed loans to those less fortunate who have no income or deposit?

We will soon be told that our aging housing stock is a result of the RAF shooting down too many German bombers on their way to site clearance.

JeggNegg

21:25 PM, 20th April 2023, About A year ago

Reply to the comment left by Annabel Blake at 20/04/2023 - 09:32
Do we not pay for many things in life in advance
Rates pay in 10 mthly payments for 12 mths
Telephone
Insurance home car holidays
Hire purchase in instalments.
Travel except taxi journeys
Etc
In fact I expect the list will be shorter if we listed the things we do not pay for in advance

JeggNegg

5:08 AM, 21st April 2023, About A year ago

Reply to the comment left by Juan Degales at 19/04/2023 - 21:11
I worked for Lloyd’s for 27 years in 70’s,80’s and most of 90’s it was a very conservatively somewhat boring business.compared to the other 4 English banks. When big bang happened it was forced to have a gilt trading business and was the first to close that down within a very short time frame.
It recall it wanted to buy Abbey national but was refused by monopolies commission three times. RBS was acquired by Nat West . Bank of Scotland and Halifax merged and when they had issues I think mr Brown suggested Lloyd’s bailed BOS out.
My Lloyd’s bank shares give me a lovely capital Gains tax loss to carry forwards. I note the AGM HAS TO BE HELD IN SCOTLAND, and it’s at 11 am on May 18th 2023 in Glasgow. I sadly already have another appointment that day and cannot attend to ask the Board to clarify their thinking.

Annabel Blake

13:33 PM, 21st April 2023, About A year ago

Reply to the comment left by Jonathan Cocks at 20/04/2023 - 21:25
Hmm, my point was that, because of the poor light landlords seem to be regarded in these days, calling it 'rent in advance' somehow sounds as though we are asking for money before it is due - thereby promoting this belief that we are all "greedy bast**ds" - rather than at the point it is actually due, i.e. the rent date.
Hence my request for ideas of how this could be worded differently to present it in a better way.

Seething Landlord

14:11 PM, 21st April 2023, About A year ago

Reply to the comment left by Annabel Blake at 21/04/2023 - 13:33My recollection is that at common law (and maybe by statute) rent is payable in arrears, so unless the correct wording is used in the tenancy agreement, that will be the default position.

TheMaluka

8:28 AM, 22nd April 2023, About A year ago

Reply to the comment left by Seething Landlord at 21/04/2023 - 14:11
It matters little whether rent is in advance or arrears, with the sort of tenants Lloyds is proposing rent will not be paid at all. Good luck with their venture but "I'm out".

TheMaluka

8:32 AM, 22nd April 2023, About A year ago

This is just what I needed on this dull Saturday morning, something to brighten the day. The idea and the responses gave me the best laugh this year.

I cannot see why Lloyds did not present this master plan on April the first.

Mick Roberts

10:07 AM, 22nd April 2023, About A year ago

Well we can see what's happening in Scotland can't we. Wonder why they han't solved that.

I've got plenty of houses here if they want to come buy mine if they can promise to keep the tenants in at the rent they are paying now 30% below market value.

As Monty pointed out, they gonna' be same as pension companies, new stuff that require rents of £1000pm that £550pm Benefit tenants won't pay for, can't afford.

Tony Phillips

13:08 PM, 22nd April 2023, About A year ago

Sounds like a great plan for the homeless and poor. Think a safer investment would be Elon Musks next rocket!!

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