Tag: The Landlord Crusader

Nonsense on stilts: The government’s £7,000 death blow for small landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd June 2026, 20 hours ago | 6

Am I reading this right? Am I hallucinating? I can’t be the only small landlord learning about the government’s plan...

How the tenancy pet trap leaves landlords financially exposed

Author: Landlord Crusader

19th June 2026, 4 days ago | 15

If you want to understand exactly how the Renters’ Rights Act is going to restrict private landlords of control over...

Why rent controls are the wrong answer to a housing shortage

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th June 2026, 2 weeks ago | 17

Oh, dear, another week and another call for rent controls. This time it’s the turn of Generation Rent, which has...

The price of tenant activist politics: When campaigns collide with reality

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th June 2026, 3 weeks ago | 6

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in England’s private rented sector (PRS), it’s currently...

The RRA trap: Why decent landlords are about to get a £7,000 wake-up call

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th May 2026, 4 weeks ago | 9

Following on from last week’s theory about the purging of small landlords from the private rented sector (PRS), here comes...

Are we witnessing a real-time purge of small landlords from the PRS?

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd May 2026, 1 month ago | 8

When the Tories’ Renters’ (Reform) Bill was progressing, I was among the very first to sound the alarm about the...

Why economic illiteracy is the greatest danger facing landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

15th May 2026, 1 month ago | 15

The private rented sector in the UK is currently facing an existential threat, not from market forces, but from a...

Are small landlords really set for extinction? What can be done to stop it?

Author: Landlord Crusader

8th May 2026, 2 months ago | 7

Small landlords built the PRS, but rising costs, tougher rules and the loss of Section 21 are pushing many of...

Councils with selective licensing schemes must think we are stupid

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th April 2026, 2 months ago | 1

Here we go again, I thought, when reading about Great Yarmouth council on Property118 claiming that there is ‘little evidence’...

Landlords are the whipping boys and girls as politicians line up to hurt us

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th April 2026, 2 months ago | 20

And so it came to pass that landlords became the preferred enemy of choice when politicians are electioneering and chasing...

George Osborne lit the fuse, but Labour is about to detonate the PRS

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd March 2026, 3 months ago | 7

It’s hard to believe, but in six weeks we’ll have the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act and with it...

Why the abolition of Section 21 isn’t a cause for celebration

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th March 2026, 3 months ago | 8

I’m among the many landlords across England who are watching the clock tick down to May 1 with keen interest...

Are tenants beginning to see the problem of landlords leaving?

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th March 2026, 4 months ago | 16

Like Thelma and Louise hurtling towards the cliff edge, more people are beginning to see the problems coming with the...

Reform UK is right to target the flawed Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Landlord Crusader

27th February 2026, 4 months ago | 4

Reform UK’s pledge to repeal the Renters’ Rights Act and John Lewis exiting its much-trumpeted build to rent fiasco shows...

Why landlord eviction delays could be the biggest issue in 2026

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th February 2026, 4 months ago | 6

Among all of the issues facing landlords today, and they seem to be continually growing, I think the lengthening court...

No, landlords aren’t crying – we are packing up

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th February 2026, 5 months ago | 5

I don’t really use Facebook but was surprised to see a post from one of the tenants’ campaign groups come...

Decent Homes by 2035? There won’t be any small landlords left by then

Author: Landlord Crusader

30th January 2026, 5 months ago | 7

Just another day and another government hammer blow to private landlords. Confirmation that all private (and social) landlords must bring...

Why Ed Miliband’s Warm Homes Plan is hot air for landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd January 2026, 5 months ago | 8

Our glorious energy secretary, Ed Miliband, stood on a rooftop surrounded by solar panels this week, declaring the affordability crisis...

Landlords: Should I stay or should I sell?

Author: Landlord Crusader

16th January 2026, 5 months ago | 6

The Clash song ‘Should I stay or should I go’ should become the anthem for landlords everywhere because the chasm...

When will landlord rights be finally recognised?

Author: Landlord Crusader

9th January 2026, 6 months ago | 14

Well, colour me shocked but the Guardian newspaper has managed to impress me. Sort of. It published an interesting article,...