Theresa May announces she will ban section 21

I believe that S21 is not applicable to "temporary tenancies", ietenancies of less than 6 months ie 5 months. So let's all on renewal provide Temporary Tenancies only. I am seriously considering doing this in future on renewal. Yes a bit more paperwork and effort getting tenancies signed but worth it.

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 15/04/2019 - 10:41
I'm not sure there is such a thing. I'm fairly certain the legal minimum for any tenancy (holiday lets/hotels are not tenancies) is six months.

Reply to the comment left by Graham Bowcock at 15/04/2019 - 10:26
Rent caps are the best way to demolish a city, without bombing it

Reply to the comment left by Luke P at 15/04/2019 - 10:43
A friend who is renting has a "Temporary Tenancy Agreement" from her Landlord for this very reason.

If its ok for a local council to produce these then must be legal lol
https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Non%20secure%20tenancy%20agreement.pdf

Presume could not just set it up as a weekly but monthly or bi-monthly or even quarterly periodic temporary non secure tenancy I would have thought. But then weekly might be better as only having to give a 4 week Notice to Quit.

Having found this tenancy agreement I will be altering mine to incorporate some of its clauses eg if tenant doesn't notify of a repair then the cost of the repair is their responsibility.

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 15/04/2019 - 10:56
It's one be rule for us and another for them.

The Government will eventually plug any work around a or loop holes that you may find.

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 15/04/2019 - 10:56
Interesting.
It is dated 2012, so I wonder if still in force. But I am afraid tenants might be reluctant/unwilling to sign something like that with a PRS LL. The document states "We owe you a duty.." hence they can base that document on this principle. But PRS LLs do owe nothing to any prospective tenants. Any comments on that document?

Reply to the comment left by Piers Calascione at 15/04/2019 - 09:29
Yes I can't see how it would work, or the sense in the student or young proffesional market when a joint tenancy is signed for a fixed period?

But then again nor could I see the sense of banning ALL upfront costs, even a modest £50 and allowing timewasting viewers to get all their tiny 1 week holding deposits back.

Reply to the comment left by Alistair Cooper at 15/04/2019 - 09:09
I think they said that tenants can be removed if the property is to be sold so cant see lenders having a problem.

Where open ended tenancies are the norm, for example in Germany, landlords are much more demanding about requiring references from a prospective tenant. I'm told many tenants keep a detailed rental life history profile to prove their credentials.
In the UK, landlords will need to get much better at weeding out potential problem tenants during the selection process and be much more choosy about who they let in. This will be burdensome, but it must be done.
The good news is that if investment falters further, many landlords will have plenty of choice as to who they take on because of under-supply.
And let's remind ourselves that in Germany and pretty much every other major European country, landlords can fully deduct mortgage interest against tax and in Germany, they can sell up after 10 years free of CGT. So you can keep supply levels up even in the teeth of changes like ending section 21, if continental style incentives were on offer to landlords. Trouble is they won't be.
It's worth having a look at the 18 grounds for possession under the Scottish system. It may be a clue to how things might shape up here. Most things are covered, but what is most striking is that where a tenant raises arrears issues being due to benefit delays, the judge must take that into consideration. Put simply, if you have benefit tenants and they can raise even a vague case that the arrears aren't "their fault", then you won't be able to evict.
Under the proposed open ended tenancy system, I cannot see how I can rent either to families or benefits claimants as the risks would be just too high. Judges virtually never evict families and benefits claimants will always have a higher arrears rate and then a cast iron legal defence if the arrears is due to delay by the paying authority.

Reply to the comment left by Simon Williams at 15/04/2019 - 11:20
Thanks will have a look at the Scottish system.

I rent to young professionals, a group tenancy on a fixed term, which most like as easy to plan and have 4 other housemates for that fixed term.

During the fixed term, if one needed to leave, we would normally assign a new housemate for the remainder of the fixed term.

But how is that going to work if 1 tenant wanted to leave at any point during the tenancy, will it bring that tenancy to an end, with just 4 week notice? – can of worms and admin hell - costly!!

Been said plenty of times before, but the more that get put onto decent landlords, these cost have to also be passed onto our decent tenants.

We had a good chance of getting rid of a problematic tenant with section 21, do it ourselves with minimal extra costs – but are we now going to have to pay more to go through the courts?