Shelter warns families living in fear of eviction as new campaign video released

If I was renting grotty unsafe accommodation then I would move

Oh but there’s hardly anywhere to move to because landlords are selling up and rents are increasing

I did a Rightmove search for 3 bed properties with a half-mile radius of my rental (which is 1 mile diameter). 12 for sale, 2 for let

Will they still be bleating about evictions when S21 is gone because they will still happen.

Cramped accommodation of any type has a higher potential for condensation and mould if its not cleaned.

Where’s the NRLA funded counter advert to explain the real stats and how the PRS is propping up the housing sector?

It’s sad to see any one having to live in such conditions but exactly whose fault is it that there is a ‘temporary accommodation crisis ‘ which has been going on for far too long?

How about Shelter building some houses or spending some of their stash to buy up property to provide homes

The more they bash the PRS, the less houses there will be

What will shelter do with the money they raise, because they don’t spend it helping people find housing?

They are making the most of the time until the RRB becomes law to make money off the backs of the homeless. After that, they’ve done their job with s21 and killed their golden goose.

Higher taxes on landlords + more regulations on landlords + the threat through the RRB of further restrictions on landlords’ ability to control their businesses + the threat that sub-C EPC rated properties won’t be rentable = fewer private landlords = more homelessness.
You’d think even Shelter could work this out.

This article, the photo and the video get up my nose. It plays to the myth that ALL landlords rip people off and house them in appalling conditions. I notice that cash rich Shelter and super cash rich HSBC are not actually putting in any of their own money (except for the video which is probably tax deductible) supporting people struggling with rent. The HSBC and Shelter websites list options for people who can’t afford their rent but none involve them actually dipping their hands into their own pockets to help out. Section 21 is just a bit of legislation that will soon disappear, it provides a means of securing evictions, it is not the cause of evictions these causes will remain same as ever i.e. rent arrears, property damage, anti-social behaviour and landlords wanting to sell up.

Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 08/09/2025 – 11:41
They are all passing unfortunate (poorer predominantly) tenants from pillar to post – Cenral Govt, Local Govt/Councils, banks, homeless charities etc making out they are helping but not (infact making things far worse sadly) – the last two cash rich but wont actually help house this demographic. And worse still they are hounding out the good (who are in the majority) landlords who actually provided decent and affordable housing.

The house in the video looks like either a council flat or council temporary accommodation.
None of my houses look like this and no self-respecting landlord would rent a house that looks like the one in the video.

I feel sorry for families that end up living in such a space. This is the fruit of your labour, Shelter – years of bad-mouthing landlords is finally bearing fruit. Except it’s not the fruit you expected to harvest.
Personally I am preparing a letter that I will share with all my tenants as to why their rents are going up together with a letter that I will ask them to send to their MP.

The video shows the windows shut and washing being dried inside highlighting that mould is nearly always due to tenant lifestyle.

If they are making such obvious errors in a staged video, what are they advising tenants?

Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 08/09/2025 – 11:41
Ironically HSBC is one of the shares I now own after liquidating 95% of my portfolio exactly because of the ignorance of successive governments taking Shelter’s view of the PRS as Gospel – and then gold plating it some in their legislation.