Shelter’s call for Boris to follow through on Section 21 ban

Shelter’s call for Boris to follow through on Section 21 ban

10:03 AM, 5th August 2019, About 5 years ago 16

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Polly Neate, Chief Executive of Shelter, has sent an open letter to PM Boris Johnson calling for him to follow through with the Section 21 ban announced by Theresa May and “make these plans a reality by seeing through the crucial legislation a Conservative government has already committed to.”

Polly also directly attacked an individual letting agency, Harry Albert Lettings, declaring it “horrifying” their reaction to the announcement of the ban on section 21 by sending eviction notices to six tenants and said “such an abuse of power should have no place in this country.”

The letter started to the Prime Minister:

“You have arrived in office in the middle of a housing emergency. Almost 280,000 people are homeless in England, including 123,000 children. Half of young people have no chance of ever buying a home, and millions are trapped in expensive and unstable private renting.

“Clearly this emergency is crying out for some sort of ‘DUDE’ moment of its own.

“Your predecessor took a vital step towards improving the lives of England’s 11 million private renters when she unveiled plans to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions. A move that would protect families and pensioners from being turfed out of their homes with only eight weeks’ notice, and wipe out the corrosive practice of revenge evictions by rogue landlords.”

Polly told Boris: “Our nation’s renters are in desperate need of a ‘love-bomb’, For us, and I hope for you, this is about more than winning votes. A safe and stable home is a fundamental human need.”

Click here to read the full open letter.

 


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Chris @ Possession Friend

21:44 PM, 5th August 2019, About 5 years ago

the ' h ' shape in No Shelter's logo doesn't half give you a giggle though '-)
seeing as they do't provide any of it.

jason moore

8:06 AM, 6th August 2019, About 5 years ago

What about exactly dealing with the tenants who destroy your property and never pay you a penny in rent to me... Its criminal damage if I smashed a shop window I would be up in court... If I robbed £10 I would be in trouble.. If you falsely claim HB your in trouble but if a tenant refuses to pay HB to you is that not fraud? It is public money after all until these sort of tenants take responsibility for there actions and are held responsible for there actions why destroy that little bit of power from landlords with removing the section 21 there is always just a few bad ones including landlords that ruin it for everyone else

Gromit

7:50 AM, 7th August 2019, About 5 years ago

Dear Polly
Revenge evictions are already outlawed by the Deregulation Act.

Gromit

7:52 AM, 7th August 2019, About 5 years ago

Shelter really only represent rogue tenants, as good tenants rarely have any need of Shelters help.
SHELTER THE DEFENDER OF BAD TENANTS.

paul robinson

8:00 AM, 10th August 2019, About 5 years ago

Section 21 consultation.

If you are a HMO landlord I’d also recommend phoning the 0334440000 - the ministry of housing do actually speak to you and phone you back if leave a message.

I’ve asked them to update the consultation Q&A document to recognise and explain more about the outcome on HMO’s and not just as the document is currently targeted, the single household.

Section 21 consultation - 75 page document pdf. Plus Q&A document.

search for “licensed HMO or Shared Tenancy” and only listed once, with no real substance or relevance.

Having met my local MP at his surgery I’d encourage all
Landlords to do the same - voice your concerns and impact over scrapping section 21!!

The student and young professional shared & licensed HMO rental market needs fixed term tenancies and the vehicle of section 21 to accommodate this, plus give sufficient swift support to deal with antisocial behaviour And other matters if occurring in a HMO, where decent tenants could be continued to be affected by that housemate, if such means are not easily available to the landlord.

Fixed term tenancies and the great benefit they bring to all parties in shared HMO are too long to list here, but fundamentally provide good quality accommodation to young professionals at a competitive price point, allowing them to save and getting on the property ladder themselves.

The government need look at the very different rental demographic, all across the UK and not as they have done with the tenant fee ban, role out “one size fits all” changes.

The proposed changes will again have a detrimental effect on decent tenants in fairly managed shared & licensed HMO’s and completely go against the governments goal of providing good quality rental accommodation as a fair price!

Bill

10:35 AM, 10th August 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by James Barnes at 05/08/2019 - 11:55
Pity there is not a dislike button for comments like this.

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