Angela Rayner wants to ‘work in partnership’ with PRS landlords

Angela Rayner wants to ‘work in partnership’ with PRS landlords

9:54 AM, 23rd September 2024, About 2 months ago 42

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The deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told delegates at the Labour Party conference that she wanted to ‘work in partnership’ with PRS and social landlords to deliver ‘decent and safe’ homes.

She said: “Many housing associations, councils and landlords do good by their tenants and I know how hard they’ve had it after 14 years under the Tories.

“Which is why I will work in partnership with the sector to deliver the change.”

Ms Rayner added: “Our renters’ bill will rebalance the relationship between tenant and landlord and end no-fault evictions – for good.

“Our long-term plan will free leaseholders from the tyranny of a mediaeval system.

“And a cross-government taskforce will put Britain back on track to ending homelessness.”

Extend Awaab’s law to the PRS

She added: “I will clamp down on damp and mouldy homes by bringing in Awaab’s Law in the social rented sector this autumn and we’ll extend it to the private rented sector too.

“We will consult and implement a new Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes, to end the scandal of homes being unfit to live in.”

Along with a promise to enable social housing tenants to hold their landlord to account Ms Rayner lambasted the Tories for failing to build homes ‘year, after year’.

She said: “Michael Gove handed back nearly £2 billion to the Treasury in unspent housing funds. Mortgages have soared.

“Leaseholders are left at the mercy of eye-watering charges.

“Renters face crippling rent hikes in damp and mouldy homes. Homelessness is all around us.”

Fix the ‘Tories’ housing emergency’

Ms Rayner promised to fix the ‘Tories’ housing emergency’ and get Britain building decent homes for working people.

There will be a new planning framework to deliver affordable homes and deliver ‘the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation’.

She told delegates at the conference in Liverpool: “My mission is not just to build houses; it is to build homes.

“Because we cannot build at any cost. These new homes must be warm, secure and most importantly safe.”

Give landlords confidence

On Twitter/X, Ben Beadle, the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said: “These reforms at least give certainty, but must be very carefully balanced between giving renters greater security and landlords confidence to stay in the market.

“We are in the middle of a housing crisis with 21 applicants per property – this is unlikely to improve if there are not some modifications to the Bill on implementation, court reform, students and refinements to possession grounds.

“You cannot say you are giving landlords more robust grounds when the mandatory rent arrears ground will see a doubling of notice periods from two to four weeks, and three months of rent arrears not two. It sends the wrong message.”


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Northernpleb

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20:03 PM, 24th September 2024, About 2 months ago

In Reply to Gary ,
I did listen to Ben on Radio 4 . It was not best.
in fact it was awful
May be he should be advising the members of all the things they should be doing due to the high risk of a rent dodging ,property smashing tenants.
And advising the Government, Media of what this would mean for less than perfect tenant applications . and housing waiting lists etc.

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9:33 AM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

She wants to work" in partnership." Think about it folks.
A Marxist actor working with a Capalist class.
Carchester,

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10:03 AM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Northernpleb at 23/09/2024 - 11:45
That is horrendous.

You did well to survive this. I’m sure this must take its toll on LL mental health.

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11:39 AM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Northernpleb at 23/09/2024 - 11:45So why does a tenant need even more rules in their favour. £16,000 is more than a years rent for every one of my tenants!

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11:47 AM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

I note AR states she wants to build not just new houses but new homes!
Can someone please clarify to me what the target is?
Is it houses?
Is it homes?
Is it bedrooms?
Etc.
Is it agreed this and previous governments actually know what types of accommodation are required?
Because I haven’t a clue.

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11:59 AM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 23/09/2024 - 12:47
The best tenants we ever had were from the EU. Kept the property spotless, reported issues, paid always on time and in full.
brexitters - wait for the Kent beaches tenants, this is what you voted for.
You had been warned but chose not to listen and call the warnings Project Fear.
Enjoy.

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20:45 PM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by PH at 23/09/2024 - 10:41I'm still sorting out all the bills that were left by a tenant who didn't bother to register for council tax, water, gas or elec, presumably hoping I was going to step in and pay the bills for her after she left owing 3 months' rent with the house in a mess. And I only rented to her because I know her brother and he asked me to help out. Needless to say, none of the family have anything to do with her any more.

Angela Rayner says: "I know how hard they’ve had it after 14 years under the Tories".

What she really meant was: "I know how hard they’ve had it after 14 years under the Tories ... but not nearly hard enough!".

Peter Merrick

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20:58 PM, 28th September 2024, About 2 months ago

I'm confident that Angie hates landlords even more than the Tories.

I'm confident that rents will go up due to the supply/demand imbalance plus the extra risks being imposed on landlords.

I'm confident that nobody in their right mind would enter such a business as a new recruit unless they had the considerable resources of the BTR sector to deal with problem tenants.

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12:10 PM, 29th September 2024, About 2 months ago

in reply to Alison 10.03 , Freda, and Dismayed.
On the Date of the first Eviction before Citizens advise arranged a Last minute Breathing Space 90 minutes before Eviction time .
Documents found when I did finally get in showed that on the date of the first eviction
The Tenant had actually packed up and was ready to leave .
One note left was dated on the first eviction date which read :
`The Landlord Has Spent a lot of time and money trying to get me out , Which is all pointless because I don`t even live here`
It was clear from other post left the Tenant had been subletting.
As regards to My mental Health The Whole System was out of my control. Your actually taking on a tenant who has unlimited resources provided by Government , Councils etc. So you more or less have to Jump through the Hoops and hopefully one day get your property back . Before your Bankrupt .

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9:49 AM, 30th September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 28/09/2024 - 11:59
My best ever tenant was somebody from Ghana who turned out to be an illegal immigrant, although this was a time before we actually had to check on a tenant's right to rent.

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