Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears

Already 1,014 signatures.

I suggest that those who misguidedly signed the petition should go back in and unsign.

Might well be that according to Govt plans, ANY possession by landlords for rent arrears won't be legally possible ! - Did that get anyone's attention ?
Yes, you read correctly ;

Evictions (Universal Credit Claimants) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Chris Stephens, seeks to place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 29 January 2021

So I guess the question is, When and What exactly will significant numbers of landlords support ( before their demise )

Reply to the comment left by Chris @ Possession Friend at 02/10/2020 - 15:09
Certainly got my attention - will sell up as soon as I can

We (good) landlords are already tarnished by the greedy, lazy and irresponsible landlords - and campaigns like this do nothing to help that.
I wholeheartedly disagree with the current 6 months' notice for accumulated rent arrears but 14 days is not the answer. If you want a parliamentary debate, your demands need to be realistic.
I am now considering my association with this website - these views are almost as extreme as some of those from Shelter!

Reply to the comment left by at 02/10/2020 - 10:12
The Bigger Picture......hmm....that's a bit novel. I would have to think about that one

Reply to the comment left by Chris @ Possession Friend at 02/10/2020 - 15:09So what is the Govt doing by enacting Evictions ( UC Claimants ) Bill ?
well identical to what its doing now with the suspension of Possession due to Covid, but on a permanent basis.
( and then we'll have the likes of Tenants support groups calling for the abolition of ANY eviction for rent arrears, as otherwise they would claim it discrimination )
The Govt have transferred the burden of rent default onto Landlords by suspending legislation, during Covid, and via the U.C. Bill - permanently.
Put simply, the Govt through legal manipulation is ' co-opting the PRS into Social Housing. '
As for the petition, it may well be 'over-asking' - I didn't design - launch it but I'll support any legal attempts to fight back for landlords. ( ask for more, as you'll likely get less than you ask for, theory )
The alternative is a very ' p.c. ' conciliatory approach to Govt which Landlords Associations have historically taken - and look where that's gotten us. We have the largest Landlord Association applauding the govt for the suspension on possession proceedings placing 000's of landlords in financial jeopardy.

Oh dear. The Government isn't doing anything enacting that Bill. The Government isn't enacting it at all. It is a Private Members Bill which doesn't have Government support and which has zero chance of becoming law, as is perfectly clear from the information on Parliament's website which it seems you have read. The MP promoting it is an SNP spokesman. It is gesture politics.

This petition is dangerous, as landlords we are already easy meat for the press and therefore the government. If this gathers momentum, it will have the opposite effect to the one you intended.
I have felt for a long time landlords (as a group) should develop a fair eviction process with fixed time frames that is easy to understand. Which if followed allows mandatory eviction/tenancy termination after a fixed period.
As landlords we have to accept that sometimes things go wrong for our tenants. If you’re world collapsed, would you be able to pick up the pieces and move on in 14 days.
I’d be happy for a process where if a tenant could prove their income had gone, they could walk away from a tenancy after one month without paying, a built in free period that if asked for officially we must grant but they must leave at the end. Imagine getting shelter on board......
I’m sure a lot of us do similar things already. I regularly give my tenants room to manoeuvre. It’s just good business to me.
We need to alter the perception of landlords not add fuel to the fire.
I won’t sign the petition, it’s ridiculous.

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