Our city is facing a rent crisis
by Ian Narbeth
Landlords, especially any in Bristol, may be interested to listen in to this event: Click here
Bristol Renters Summit 2022: Wed, 2 March 2022 18:30 – 20:30 GMT
“Our city is facing a rent crisis, with rents increasing, demand exceeding supply, concerns with landlords meeting health and safety regulations and a shortage of accessible housing.
We are inviting renters and advocates to come together as One City to discuss the key issues facing the private rented sector in Bristol, and what we are going to do about it.
The event will focus on enforcement, the powers Bristol City Council have and the powers we need, such as the implications from the Levelling Up White Paper and what form of rent control we want in Bristol.”
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3:52 PM, 27th February 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by John Dace at 24/02/2022 – 12:08
Well said John,
Your words there could save thousands of homeless if the Govt & Councils would ever listen.
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11:57 AM, 28th February 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Elbowlandlord at 26/02/2022 – 09:02
is Openrent a good vehicle to use? How do you get through that many applications? Do you just refuse to progress with any that don’t give you al the info you require at the time you receive their application, to start filtering them out from ‘potentials’?
I was thinking of using an agent for 3 x flats I have coming up but now considering another mechanism. The only thing is I’m not sure I could cope with a deluge like this! Any advice?
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2:06 PM, 28th February 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Seething Landlord at 24/02/2022 – 14:13
The meeting is only open to advocates of rent capping! So you wouldn’t meet ghost bias terms! My interpretation is that the decision has already been made, how to do it is to be decided and agreed at this meeting!
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2:09 PM, 28th February 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by DSR at 28/02/2022 – 11:57
Please stick to the subject in this thread header. If you want to question the use of “open rent” maybe raise your own forum article! Thanks
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3:30 PM, 1st March 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Rob Crawford at 28/02/2022 – 14:09
apologies! Tend to start thinking when you read posts….
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4:35 PM, 1st March 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Rob Crawford at 28/02/2022 – 14:06
I was wondering what information they would need before allowing me in and you are probably correct in saying that they won’t want anybody there who is not already singing from their hymn sheet.
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4:57 PM, 1st March 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Seething Landlord at 01/03/2022 – 16:35
I think they will just assume all Landlords are against it!
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7:59 AM, 2nd March 2022, About 4 years ago
The meeting this evening to discuss rent controls on private landlords is the second item on BBC local TV news this morning. It states the city council say rents have increased by 50% in a decade while wages have only risen 25%. There is a single-sentence quote from a tenant whose landlord is selling and who can find nothing anywhere near her affordability range, but no mention that the Council have no powers whatsoever to control private rents or any indication of the reasons for the increases in rents or for private landlords leaving the sector! This news item will give renters false hope that their prospects will improve whereas in fact the situation will only get worse for those not in a position to buy once the date for the abolition of Section 21 is announced.
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10:15 AM, 2nd March 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 02/03/2022 – 07:59
Update to above post:: on later editions the above item has been replaced with news of the Council meeting to set the budget, and there is no mention of rents.
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11:15 PM, 2nd March 2022, About 4 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 02/03/2022 – 10:15And the upshot of the online meeting was that they agreed to consult landlords to find out why they are being forced to raise rents or sell up? Or that they resolved to ask Shelter, Generation Rent, Acorn and similar militant tenants’ advocates to stop bombarding the media and politicians with inaccurate statistics blaming private landlords for the scarcity and expense of rentals? Or perhaps the Labour council will withdraw their recently-introduced pricy licensing scheme requiring costly work to meet unrealistic standards? Of course not. No, they agreed the City council will lobby government for permission to introduce a pilot scheme of rent controls. That should do the trick and magic up a plentiful supply of cheap properties for private rent (in their dreams)!