The lowest-paid will suffer most by the Government war on landlords

The lowest-paid will suffer most by the Government war on landlords

15:22 PM, 29th July 2019, About 5 years ago 14

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I have written an article published yesterday by conservative home titled ‘The Government’s war on landlords will only make the housing crisis worse for the lowest-paid.’

The article is concerning the proposed scrapping of Section 21, and I comment: “Clearly, there are far more rogue tenants than there are rogue landlords. However, one would imagine the inverse to be true, judging by the Government’s determination to go ahead this week with the scrapping of Section 21 notices; something that will play right into the hands of the type of tenants seen in the Channel 5 series Nightmare Tenants; Slum Landlords.”

I would  like to encourage readers to comment as this could help me in my quest to keep getting conhome to publish the landlords’ view.

Please add your comments to this article over on the conservativehome site, click here, and the sooner the better. Many politicians read this publication, so your comments could be picked up on.

We must not take the scrapping of Section 21 lying down.


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Andrew

13:31 PM, 30th July 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Ross Tulloch at 30/07/2019 - 10:02
I have two hmo’s In Cornwall. It’s filtered down here and we will be evicting two perfectly happy tenants. He actually said to me last night as I was at the property that he doesn’t want to leave and that it’s his choice if he wants to stay in a small room and have a cheap rent!! I said I know what you mean but the government class it as squalor! Don’t know how this is going to end. For me it’ll be sold off and what I’d love to do would be to pop all the tenants in my van and drop them to the council offices around 4pm on a Friday afternoon and let them deal with the problem.
They’d probably be screaming out for a 6.5sqm room then!! Very short sighted by the government in my opinion

AJR

13:55 PM, 30th July 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Anthony Richard at 30/07/2019 - 09:53
Ok, have managed to access the ConHome site. Will make some regular posts there too. Many thanks.

Mick Roberts

11:29 AM, 3rd August 2019, About 5 years ago

If people like me have ONLY took vulnerable HB tenants, a lot homeless, for the past 22 years, & cause of Clause 24, Section 21 removal, http://www.selectivelicensingtruth.co.uk , Universal Credit, etc. And I am no longer, can no longer take the UC vulnerable, choosing instead if any houses come up, to leave them with Letting Agent, who choose the Super clean perfect better earning Guarantor tenants. And others now think same as me going forwards, where does that leave the lower end tenant who has in effect done nothing wrong?

I used to get around 3 to 4 tenants leave me per year (If I didn't have anything for them to move/swap with), move near their Mum miles away, bigger, smaller etc.
For 18 months or so, I am having ZERO, I REPEAT ZERO tenants leave me. Cause they can't get anywhere.
All other Landlords, Letting Agents choosing Mr Perfect working tenant. No Landlords taking HB UC any more. My lot can't go any more, even if they hated me (which they don't-I hope......), they just cannot get anywhere in Nottingham any more. And also all rents have gone up way above what they paying me.

This ain't about me any more, but the negative for me, is I can't retire any more. I'm not one for kicking tenant out their home of 22+ years when they've done nothing wrong, but I would at one point like to stop doing this job of being the Gov'ts & Council's cash cow.

Harder u make it for Landlord, harder u make it for tenant.
Bash the Landlord, u bash the tenant.

When Licensing came in, Nottingham tenants loved it, said yeah get the greedy Landlord. 80% of Nottingham tenants are against it now I've got the truth out there.
https://youtu.be/CmM3vXWVV9Y

Seething Landlord

9:07 AM, 4th August 2019, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 03/08/2019 - 11:29
Great video, it should be compulsory viewing for all councillors.

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