Tenants not leaving even after section 21 has been issued?
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Section 21 removal will cause chaos in courts
12:04 AM, 17th August 2023, 3 years ago
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A leading industry body is warning the Justice Secretary that the removal of Section 21 will cause harm to the legal system.
Propertymark has written to Alex Chalk about the level of widespread concern from landlords and letting agents about the capacity of the courts to handle possession cases.
The Renters Reform Bill plans to abolish Section 21 and extend the grounds for possession under Section 8 which will mean even more cases have to go through the courts.
Lack of justice for landlords and tenants
Nathan Emerson, chief executive officer at Propertymark, points out the concerns from landlords and letting agents about the waiting times they could face in court to gain back possession of the property.
He said: “Since the Bill was published in May 2023 landlords and letting agents have expressed fears that they could end up left in limbo, uncertain how long they will be expected to wait for a hearing and ultimately, possession of their property.
“Failure to fund the courts properly means a lack of justice for landlords and tenants.”
Removal of Section 21 takes place alongside essential court reform
The industry body says without improving capacity in the court system proceedings to gain back property will be lengthy and expensive.
Propertymark argues that reforms to the court system are needed to speed up the process.
Mr Emerson said: “While most tenancies are ended by the tenant, landlords need to be confident that a property can be recovered quickly if the tenant has caused damage, stopped paying the rent or if the landlord’s circumstances change.
He added: “By adequately resourcing and reforming the existing courts system this will speed up the system, increase expertise in the decision-making process and ensure greater consistency with reduced costs.
“To improve access to justice for both landlords, letting agents and tenants, it is imperative that the removal of Section 21 takes place alongside essential court reform.”
The full letter to the Justice Secretary can be read here
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court backlog, courts, gaining back possession of property, letter to justice secretary, propertymark, Renters Reform Bill impact on legal system, section 21 removal
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Member Since May 2014 - Comments: 620
2:16 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Russell Cartner at 19/08/2023 – 17:32
Yes the Government are clueless but I think Bristol Landlord is correct when he says that this is a grand plan by the government to facilitate the takeover of the PRS on behalf of the corporations and with little opposition they will achieve the desired result.
They are not bothered about tenants otherwise they would not continue to proceed along this path.
Member Since June 2023 - Comments: 188
2:54 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
I think the Council is taking the Mick
Never heard of that one
Member Since June 2023 - Comments: 188
2:59 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Stella at 20/08/2023 – 14:16
I don’t think there is a Goverment Plan
Gove is just incompetent.
Member Since August 2014 - Comments: 175
4:21 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Hmm, let me see, so it’s a tough choice between Incompetence vs Corruption?
It’s both of course.
Corruption is at the core but incompetence is very much there.
Government interference in the PRS is completely deliberate. The only question being exactly why?
Excellent article on how the Govt is skewing the sector in favour of incorporated landlords.
https://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2023/3/the-war-on-landlords–a-reader-writes
Two theories for the destruction of the PRS:
1. National scapegoating
2. The moneyed classes hatred of social mobility.
My theory for the Government’s deliberate destruction of independent landlords is for reasons of greed and corruption by Government ministers. They want to corporatise the PRS for personal gain.
The government minister who announced in April 2015 the demise of mortgage interest being tax deductible for private landlords, but not corporations, was George Osborne.
After George Osborne left Government employment one of his later roles was in an “advisory” role at BlackRock.
“He continued to advise the asset manager BlackRock”
How much was he paid for his “advice”?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Osborne
BlackRock are heavily invested in rental properties globally including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
https://www.blackrock.com/uk/individual/products/272400/
In 2021 the Government dropped its plan to overhaul the system for combating parliamentary corruption.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-government-backs-down-plans-rip-up-corruption-rules-after-sleaze-claims-2021-11-04/
2023 UK drops down the list of corrupt countries.
https://www.theguardian.com › uk-news › 2023 › jan › 31 › uk-global-corruption-index-transparency-international-qatar-russia-brazil
PMs wife is a non dom tax dodger
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunaks-non-dom-wife-claimed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds-in-furlough-cash-318605/
PMs family signs deal with BP and THEN says all North Sea oil to be extracted.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunaks-family-firm-signed-a-billion-dollar-deal-with-bp-before-pm-opened-new-north-sea-licences-353690/
Corruption at the top, connect the dots between the Government, the PRS and BlackRock!!!
Member Since August 2014 - Comments: 175
6:24 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Further reading!
Here’s a direct link to Transparency International.
A score of 100 is the least corrupt.
UK scores 73 and has slipped down the ranks and become more corrupt, for example it is less corrupt than Spain but more corrupt than Ireland.
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2022/index/gbr
BlackRock is the world’s largest single asset manager with USD8.49 Trillion under its management, that is a huge amount of money.
They’re also a corrupt and evil corporation.
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/the-private-federal-reserve-and-theft-of-fractional-reserve-banking/
Picking at the bones of Ukraine
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/05/ukraine-is-finished-and-blackrock-is-taking-over/
Got their claws into Sri Lanka
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/great-reset-fed-ecb-imf-ready-to-sell-the-nations-to-blackrock/
Then there’s George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Osborne
After Government he had some part time jobs such as an editor but what’s really interesting is “He continued to advise the asset manager BlackRock ….”
Ask yourself why would the worlds largest and arguably most evil asset manager, already stuffed to the rafters with the brightest experts money can buy, possibly want the advice of a washed up second rate ex politician?
What could he possibly offer them?
Nothing of course, except if he was paid for services rendered.
Brown envelopes stuffed with cash are old hat, the latest way to pay for services is as an adviser or to give speeches, look up Tony Blair and Bill Clinton for more on that.
And now we consider The Right Honourable Michael Andrew Gove, original name Graeme Andrew Logan!!
Current gig; Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gove
As you can see, changed his name and ex journalist with multiple Cabinet posts, served under four different PMs, fired by two of them, and ran for PM three times but always came third.
Basically is a second rate political hack and always on the “B” Team.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Levelling_Up,_Housing_and_Communities
Gove is the TENTH housing minister since Greg Clark in 2015.
Clearly not a very popular position which I believe is due to all housing ministers since 2015 understanding it is not a very good post due the start of the War on Landlords kicking off in April 2015.
Most likely Gove took the job in October 2022, hired by Rishi Sunak, because he’d just got divorced and there was nothing else on offer after being sacked by Boris Johnson in July 2022, and he got to keep his 150k government salary.
Regarding his oversight of the destruction of the PRS in order to corporatise it, I would say it’s not Gove’s original plan but he is the frontman and doing the dirty work for the higher ups.
Corruption is behind all this but Gove is personally incompetent as well.
Member Since March 2023 - Comments: 1507
6:35 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Bristol Landlord at 20/08/2023 – 18:24
As I have previously said, the PRS is still needed (might not be alive and well though) all of these REITs and investment companies will not be able to provide 4,000,000 rented properties.
Member Since August 2014 - Comments: 175
6:47 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 20/08/2023 – 18:35Agreed the PRS is still needed but we’re all going to suffer until a grown up in Government recognises this obvious fact and changes course.
My previous comments are on a slightly different topic, the who, how and why we got into this mess.
Member Since March 2023 - Comments: 1507
6:54 PM, 20th August 2023, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Bristol Landlord at 20/08/2023 – 18:47
If you are in Bristol, Bristol Landlord, then you have another disadvantage – your going to end up as a 15 minute city with 20mph speed limits and queues of traffic whilst the cycle lanes remain underutilised