Tenant activist group calls for a ‘stronger’ Renters’ Rights Bill

They on another planet aren’t they.
Cap rent in advance: Low income tenants struggle when ‘many landlords and agents ask for several months rent in advance’ – and its research found that benefits claimants are three times more likely to pay rent in advance

So they want to tell us how much we can charge to Benefit tenants?
Didn’t they try this with banning pet deposits and I think we know now that pet owners can’t get houses at all now. They could before when given a choice to pay a higher deposit.

Here’s my take on it:
So they want to bring legislation and rules in that will stop a landlord giving them a house in the first place-Why would u want to do that?

My tenants 6 year old kids know Selective Licensing has made rent more expensive for their Mum that didn’t have a problem with house pre licensing and has now got worse cause Council had the new kitchen money to pay for Licensing.

Making rent affordable and capping rent? Ok Mr Mrs Landlord Landlady we know u can invest your £150,000 in that bank and have zero hassle and not go prison if tenant takes battery out smoke alarm, but we’d like u to buy us a house (u don’t know us, we not your mate or family), u going to make less than the bank, u going to be subject to 170+ rules and you NEVER having your money back.
Aah right Acorn that should work shun’t it-Sign me up now. Eh and I’ve bought over my 27 years of being Nottingham’s biggest private provider to Benefit tenants, about 30 to 40 houses JUST FOR TENANTS WHERE THEY HAVE FOUND THE HOUSE, where they’d like to live. Why did I do that? Cause the numbers added up.
Would I do it in 2024? Yes course I would just for u, we’ve all won the Euro Millions u know and can afford to give it away. We didn’t slave for years at a loss to make it back up 15 years later. Let’s all sign up to Acorn and get some subsidised housing off Mrs Marples.

Tenant activist groups call for higher rents and fewer rental properties.

There, I’ve fixed the headline.

Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 05/11/2024 – 10:49
Ha ha brilliant

Acorn are turkeys voting for Christmas. If the Government ever caved into their demands, the number of properties to rent would very rapidly decline. Interest rates are currently good and rates are most likely going to rise. Being older we have sold two lower rent, mortgage free PRS properties as they became vacant and are getting about 70% of the gross rental as interest with no hassle and having to comply with 170 plus existing and potentially new regulations with costs and fines attached.
As they were older properties, if you factor in insurance, gas checks, and repairs and maintenance and refurbishment costs we are getting nearer to 85% of our net income and no hassle.
I dream that the rest of our tenants would hand their notice in tomorrow , so we I can get out the easy way,

Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 05/11/2024 – 15:46
Ha ha yes great way of putting it
Dream they would have their notice in tomorrow.
Some are just never going to able to go the more Acorn shout for these things. It’s like they shouting to keep a few tenants in their homes forever forgetting there’s is millions that will want to move over the next 20 years and they putting a stop to that.
One of me tenants did a video on that here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g2PWMAVGj3FZXRqn9

I have tenants stuck in a 4-bed house because they can’t downsize due to lack of available homes. Ten years ago, I’d have bought another one to help them.

I’ve kept the rent at a 3 bed rate but I’m increasing all rents next year to encourage someone to leave.

Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 05/11/2024 – 17:33Yes same here. I too have bought many houses for many tenants over the years. Govt has no idea this happens unless they come talk to us.
I also have 4 flats, I used to be able to move them into when their kids left home and they couldn’t afford the bigger house they were in. Nowadays those people in the flats don’t move on cause they can’t get anywhere.
Yes again only way some of us will ever be able to retire is trying to charge near a normal rent, if only to pay for the Letting Agent fee so we can leave the tenants with Letting Agent, so we may be able to do a bit less.
Or end up going court for arrears which I’m hearing many horror stories of 18 months to get someone out and costs of £18,000.