Shelter calls for stricter eviction rules under the Renters’ Rights Bill

Shelter has never been accurate in its alarmist claims.

Landlords [and tenants] need to know the precise detail of the revised S8 grounds. But, regardless, if the courts are not fit for purpose, chaos will reign.

They (shelter etc) will only be happy when we cannot evict at all and the rents are low enough that benefits claimants can still have new cars, go on long haul holidays 3 times a year, in school holidays when their private educated kids are off!

Honestly, what a dope! How typical that Shelter don't acknowledge that a landlord could be kind towards his long term tenant and doesn't put the rent up every year, However, when he then decides to get the rent back closer to the market level, Shelter says he should be prevented from doing so.
It should be blindingly obvious and it is quite right that the Tribunal would consider the proposed rent in relation to the market level. What these idiots obviously want is a communist state - I recommend they move to North Korea!

"The introduction of the 12-month no-reletting period following a landlord eviction when they want to sell a property." Simple answer let a family member move in rent free as a guardian while waiting for the 12 months to expire then no double empty council tax.

"The Bill won’t lead to an increase in homelessness because section 21 evictions ‘will be eradicated by this Bill". Is the man stupid? No PRS landlord evicts without a reason on a whim.

"There won’t be a ‘flood’ of tenants going to tribunals to stop a rent increase – though Shelter do want more tenants to follow this route." Want to bet there wont be?

HMLR will have a record of every property sold, the date and the price that it sold for as it does now.

Reply to the comment left by Martin Thomas at 23/10/2024 - 11:31
You are absolutely right. We recently increased rent for the first time for a tenant who had been with us for 5 years.
If there is to be some arbitrary maximum increase that does not properly take into account the time since the last increase, that will only cause prudent landlords to increase rents every year by the maximum possible.
Perhaps the headline to this article should be:

"Shelter calls for annual rent increases for all tenants!"

Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 23/10/2024 - 12:38
I’ll increase in line with inflation. No problem . Every year. Which rate would they like? The one with mortgage and housing costs or as I am pensioners the triple lock one. That safe guards my investment interests. Their call. Just make a level playing field!

If I was living in temporary accommodation, I really wouldn’t want Shelter (who don’t provide shelter to anyone) to be pushing for stricter eviction rules.

If I was living in temporary accommodation, I’d want (bad) tenants to be evicted quickly and easily so that a home might become available to me.

If landlords cannot re-let for 12 months, the consequence will be more empty homes. I don’t see how that helps.

It’s reassuring to read that 4 out 5 landlord sale evictions (in Scotland) ended up in a sale. 80% is pretty good by any measure. It earned me a distinction in maths.

Section 21 has nothing to do with homelessness. NOTHING!.

Homelessness in the U.K. is caused by mass migration. ONLY migration.

Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 23/10/2024 - 12:38
So he wants houses to remain empty for 12 months? And he thinks that won't result in homelessness?

He wants proportions of rents determined, so us that's charging way cheaper-What we gonna' do? We gonna get em up to normal level sooner. And what happened in Scotland with rent cap increases-On new tenancies Landlords put em up massively. I see Ian says the same.

He says he thinks evictions are unavoidable? He needs to read this. They are if they stopped doing the below:

A background to why you tenants are paying extortionate rents and can't get anywhere unless you earning a cracking wage-Blame the Govt and Councils you vote for because you like it when they give more regs & rules to the Landlord-Guess who pays for this? You do.

I'm the biggest private provider to Benefit tenants in Nottingham over 27 years and not once has the Govt and Council come to ask me What they can do for me, so I and my colleagues will take the people we used to take. I will add to this list as I remember more.

They wanted Pet deposits banned. We stopped taking pets. Description here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u54ouYTdNr7WaCPYW18Q_tZdlJr8-VwSUJpE0IcPf5k/edit?usp=drivesdk

They don't want Landlords helping tenants with Benefits and they bought in Universal Credit which has zero communication with Landlord- We now don't take Benefit tenants.

They bought in Selective Licensing on good Landlords with good houses. We put the rents up to cover it and now don't take risky tenants.

Landlord can get fined £30,000 if tenant takes battery out smoke alarm and Landlord CAN'T prove that tenant did it.

Landlord can get fined £30,000 if renting 1 bed flat to single person and he/she moves his/her partner in unbeknown to the Landlord if the Selective License only has license for one occupier.

They started fining Landlords £5000 if they didn't check tenants passport properly on Right to Rent checks-Landlords stopped taking anyone that had the slightest chance of being illegal immigrant. Innocent UK citizens suffered.

2015, they bought in that if Landlord CANNOT PROVE he/she has gave tenant boiler certificate, you can never get your property back. Even if had a new boiler 5 years later, Judge says Not bothered, u not having your house back. This helped the current bad tenant, hurts the next 100,000 tenants waiting for a home. A purely Anti Landlord measure to stop Landlord getting rid bad tenant or having his house back.

Oct 2024 Unison now wants a rent freeze. Ooh are we a charity are we? What other individual who sells or provides something is told YOU CANNOT charge a price u wish?

Oct 2024 the Renter Rights Bill is going to make it law, u can't do rent increase unless use Section 13. Now for years, I've agreed informally with tenant 'Ok £25 a month, u still £200pm now below anyone else.' Job done.
Now, I'm totally full up with paperwork and rules and regs. I have no more time. Section 13 some more say only a few mins. It's still 30 mins by time printed, filled in, signed, scanned, sent. Each one when u have lots of houses on top of Selective Licensing INSISTING we inspect each house every 4 months (two weeks solid just on inspections every months) is taking me over the edge. My existing tenants are going to have to go with Letting Agent who charge £50 for a Section 13. That's £4pm extra on the rent. Along with the extra £80pm Letting Agent fee which gets rid of cheap rent was charity.

Sep 2024 Ed Miliband MP wants all houses to EPC C which will cost Landlords £5000 and increase tenants cheap rents. As soon he announced this, he made more tenants homeless. Few words on that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eI7z29SNRCDLLwX6_0QQChrwTxZ4jGZw4UNybVYfD1s/edit?usp=drivesdk

Section 24 Tax bought in by George Osborne of the Tories who said it will only affect 1 in 5 Landlords-Thats over 2 million tenants put at risk of homeless. Landlords with tenants of 25 years are now being made homeless on this one action alone.

Oct 2018 I've heard there's a part of the RRB that says we must give tenants our home address on paperwork.
Details of that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v7aETrvz0j6CdS7LZwYukthZAbhNxLWRKR8qShi6Gok/edit?usp=drivesdk

Every anti Landlord measure they bring in to they think will help the tenant has hurt the tenants massively.

Every time the MP's talk an anti landlord measure, they've made more homeless and increased rents.

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 23/10/2024 - 14:57
Brilliantly said. Well done