The No Dss Debate – Landlords Alliance advice

The No Dss Debate – Landlords Alliance advice

13:57 PM, 26th April 2019, About 5 years ago 17

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The National Landlords Alliance does not advocate contravening legislation so where the law says that ‘No Dss’ ads contravene equality legislation we must not use the terminology.

Now for some straight talk. Shelter have campaigned for the abolition of S21, in effect eroding property owners rights. Shelter with their Million pound budget have time and again refused to bond benefit tenants preferring instead to attack landlords by calling for the scrapping of Section 21.

Here is our advice to Landlords:

  1. Think very carefully about your tenant. Your right to recover your property is being restricted. Do you want a working tenant with a good credit rating who will eventually move on to buy a property or do you want a Benefit tenant who Shelter refuse to bond.
  2. Do you want a tenant who is out working all day and thus less chance of anti-social behaviour or do you want a tenant who resides in the house on benefits and who had little chance of moving, because they are unlikely to obtain a mortgage.
  3. Do you want your rent paid in full, on time and without claw back provision or would you rather wait for months for UC and possibly be hit with claw-backs of hundreds or even thousands of pounds.
  4. Would you like to chose from a pool of working tenants. Landlords, because of constant vilification and Section 21 are leaving the market in droves. This means supply is tightening as demand increases.

Landlords start being very careful about selecting tenants. Lets let Councils and Shelter look after DSS tenants. Lets see how concerned they really are. In the meantime we have mortgages to pay, families to feed.

We don’t discriminate, we must be careful not to be seen to discriminate, but landlords see our advise above and make decisions based on commercial reality. If they remove section 21 against our wishes and our advice fine, but the vulnerable will pay a very high price.

Don’t blame us. Blame Shelter.

Larry Sweeney

National Landlords Alliance


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John Pettman

11:03 AM, 29th April 2019, About 5 years ago

I think its absolutely disgusting that there should be ANY discriminating and ALL adverts should make it quite clear. For example they should clearly state . Scumbags, druggies, pis heads ,arsonists Millwall suporters all are welcome Including suckers i.e those who get up early in the morning to go to work . Part payment of rent with money off coupons from F.W Woolworths or British Home stores unfortunately are not accepted

Rod

11:39 AM, 29th April 2019, About 5 years ago

I'm a vile L/Lord, despicable, lowest of the low, everybody hates me, I can't live with myself. I thought I would do rentals as my pension to provide an independent income but I was wrong, l should have made a bolt for the door. I should have gone on benefits and thus be treated like a Lord and have everyone run round after me with free board and lodgings, silly me! I notice the gov' got rid social housing + their tenants then brough in all the rules and reg's, cute, 'but' it could be worse, couldn't it ???

Rod

12:10 PM, 29th April 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to John Pettman. Not one mention of DSS there, well done!

TheMaluka

12:39 PM, 29th April 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Rod at 29/04/2019 - 11:39
Don't worry Rod, the way things are going with Landlords you will soon be in receipt of benefits!

Hamish McBloggs

20:28 PM, 29th April 2019, About 5 years ago

Given the NatWest's processes for mortgage applications have all but been entirely cleansed of discrimination can we simply plagiarise them?

If NatWest is now squeaky clean and fair and we apply exactly the same rule set then, logically, we cannot be crossing the discrimination line.

If NatWest permitted us to submit our information to their underwriters for a final decision, working on the principle that if NatWest will risk money then we can, then we have done everything asked of us.

We would not need 'wording'.

Hamish

moneymanager

10:26 AM, 1st May 2019, About 5 years ago

I have no problem accepting people on benefits, providing they are state funded middle eastern mature students on.."lots".

Mike D

5:47 AM, 10th May 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Larry Sweeney at 28/04/2019 - 10:38
Agreed, Larry landlords just need to sideline all the issues, the more government and others ramp up the issues, we as a group need to defy them by sidelining the pressure as their problems not ours.
Create an anti strategy that just makes it worse as a result of their actions, silent defiance KS the best policy, make it not work.

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