Rising rents pushing renters into poverty claims charity

The thing pushing low income tenants into poverty is the government freeze on LHA and the freeze on tax thresholds. Nothing whatsoever to do with landlords.

It’s pushing LLs into poverty too as it just not worth being a LL anymore!

What is the ‘poverty line’?

Rising rents creating poverty is not correct, most landlords are happy to rent low if properties are not abused by not all tenants but some whom expect luxury without bieng proud of the provided luxury or having a decent home or make effort to keep it clean. Instead they have a neck to make life difficult for landlords and are now given ticket to abuse accommodation further by change in law The above coupled with the imposible epc c requirements to c and hefty fines and a RRSB bill is back firing The statement of to must have solar panels no one tells you is to collect pigeons dropping blocking rain water downpipes and ruining roofs lines with growing algae etc. No matter what precacautions are applied by installing wire nets etc around the panel gaps the fact is panels get warm with little sunlight and once birds get used to it it is imposible to deter them and in some cases birds get under the panels and nesting starts. No one is willing to give credits to poor landlords whom now stopped investing which will slow the economy and make life more difficult for the complaining tenants when there will be no accommodation to rent.

Joe

The Renters Rights Act is already starting to affect the market. Some landlords are putting up rents to cover all the additional costs to cover new legislation. Some are upping rents to cover future costs of EPC compliance or loss of earnings when tenants default, which is more likely under new legislation. I know one landlord that is reviewing all it’s tenancy agreements (100+) and submitting section 21 notices to anyone that has been a problem in the past! Many landlords are just selling up!
The whole RRA and this government tax policy is creating havoc. The only people who will end up paying is the poor tenant.

Surely the anti everything other than landlord comment would be;
a third of tenants living in poverty after food, gas, electricity, petrol, mobile phone, sky tv etc costs

I suspect the reason that more private tenants than social tenants are below the poverty line (whatever that is) is that they are working, paying taxes and not on benefits whilst social tenants are on benefits, get PIP, have a mobility BMW and don’t pay taxes.

Social rent increases have outpaced private rent increases over the last 4 years so this claim by Rowntree was for 2023 so definitely the case. Generally tax payers pick up the increase.

Private rents will outpace social rent increases going forward. Selective licencing, increased taxes, fiscal drag so more landlords have the 40% section 24 problem, EPC …..all of this results in rent increases or landlords exiting the market so rents rise as supply falls.

Clearly a politically motive claim by the Rowntree foundation.