Tenants could claim £25,000 in compensation under PRS Ombudsman scheme

Reply to the comment left by K Anon at 08/07/2026 – 10:03Because the RRA is biased against the landlord and how do you weed out the rogue tenants.

There are two Parties involved
Tenant and Landlord .
If the Ombudsman is to act in a Quick Fair and with impartial Judgement . Then Tenant Should also be facing a £25000. fine and Loss of Tenancy if Tenant has caused the Damage.
We are heading for another Miss Selling type Fiasco.

There appears to be a New Anti Landlord regulations and penalty fines being issued by the Government every day . I cannot think of a single reason anyone would invest in Housing people by investing in BTL under this Government.
By the Government killing off the smaller Landlords it will cause existing Landlords to plan there exit strategy. I cannot estimate how many long term happy tenants will be facing Homelessness.

Yet another government scheme to encourage landlords to leave the PRS!
The “ambulance chasers” will be rubbing their hands, advertising their no win no fee services to tenants.

Reply to the comment left by Freda Blogs at 08/07/2026 – 12:16
Probably have a sliding scale for different ‘offences’. Starting at £5k for not fixing a dripping tap for 2 days, £10k for no hot water for 3 days, £15k for 2cm patch of damp…. I just hope I am joking….

… when will the industry wake up…

This has never been an economic argument. It is a fundamental ideological shift away from traditional capitalist economics. Prices are no longer being set by the open market, but by what the mass market can afford, or is willing to pay, in a failed economy.

Politicians remain in power by enforcing this new economic model and appeasing the greatest number of voters. There are over 11 million private renters and more than 6 million social renters. At the last election Starmer only needed 9,708,816 votes to secure a 172-seat majority over all other parties combined.

The Renters’ Rights Act was the mechanism required to redistribute wealth from land and property owners to the rest of society. Governments that want to stay in power no longer rely on headline tax rates. They use regulation, penalties and fines by stealth.

Offshore private equity funds are currently sucking disposable income out of younger higher earners, who are paying enormous costs for so-called lifestyle accommodation in multi-storey co-living rabbit hutches. These units are deliberately restricted in design so they can never become proper self-contained homes capable of being mortgaged by individuals. During this cross-over phase, the rest of the market will be left to wither on the vine.

The property market as it has existed has two options: get out, or hunker down and work with industry voices prepared to disrupt, make a difference, and lobby hard for a land and property-friendly administration at the next General Election.

The industry is wasting its time with the current administration unless it is prepared to come together properly and take action it has so far been too timid to take. That timidity is exactly what has brought the industry to this point: fines, regulation, and state control over how owners use their income and capital to fund the privatised council estates the government has now created.

Reply to the comment left by Person Of The People at 13:55
I agree with this assessment. I joined NRLA last year thinking that collective might get better sense into the RRA planning. The whole idea on the Ombudsman and the Database and the Associated Penalties are exactly why Social Nations have failed economically around the globe. HOW NOW CAN THE INDUSTRY unite and bring about intelligent policies? In 40 years, and 150 tenancies, I needed only 2 evictions. The few tenants who ran into financial difficulties still survived because I was always caring, sympathetic and supportive. Now I cannot even offer a reward to a good long-stay tenant without risk that the Tribunal will say … aah you have been overcharging !!!

Reply to the comment left by Jill Church at 08/07/2026 – 13:39
Shush they probably read this.

Reply to the comment left by Northernpleb at 08/07/2026 – 13:05
You are right, Labour policy is dictated by Trots who take a dim view of private landlords. Hopefully wiser counsel will prevail in time. Good private landlords are required by society. It is not possible for the public sector to provide all the housing required. Public bodies are not as skilled at landlording as the private sector at its best.

Reply to the comment left by Contango at 08/07/2026 – 15:25
… wake up and smell the coffee… this is a reverse takeover… private rented properties with individual rents below £100,000 per annum have effectively been taken over by the state by regulation, while the capital risk, maintenance liability and occupational risk remain with the private landlord…

It is a political masterstroke and, at one level, Labour deserves credit for pulling it off… all in plain sight of the feeble so-called representatives of the property industry…

This would not happen to any other industry or profession… even those who take away our garbage are better represented…

If the property industry has any sense, it will call in people with real negotiating strength and remove the current weak, compliant and ineffective so-called representatives before any more damage is done…

If landlords have to register so should tenants. But they take the easy path. Don’t want to upset them in case they lose votes. No backbone.