Angela Rayner: Labour will deliver rental reform and abolish Section 21

Yet more soundbites from politicians playing to the peanut gallery, yet no mention of the real solution i.e. build more homes.

The proposed imposition of the customary Labour anti-landlord polices will do nothing to improve the PRS, but will likely diminish and reduce its size.

She doesn’t seem to grasp that S21 is not just a “no fault” eviction but used because, in many cases, it is a faster route than the already gridlocked court system where justified evictions are taking longer because of a lack of judges, staff and a backlog in the judiciary system.

Ms Raynor wants to hand “more” powers to tenants, why? If she believes that by doing this it will encourage further investment in the PRS she is wildly mistaken.

She is critical of skyrocketing rents: the rents increase because the cost of repairs, labour, mortgages, property insurance and materials is increasing and landlords cannot keep absorbing these rising costs: on top of the burden of increasing legislation.

She said, She said: “Families who need a council house are often stuck in cramped temporary accommodation or at the mercy of private landlords.”

That is not the language to encourage a working partnership between government and the PRS; rather language to cause divide. It is inflammatory, as dangerous as the cladding she refers to.

This speech is designed to dissuade people investing ion the PRS and for current providers to leave: it is a disaster waiting to happen.

All the promises about affordable housing will become election rhetoric and once the reality becomes clear and the PRS shrinks and more people become homeless: only then, will people like Raynor, appreciate that you cannot create something good by talking bad.

the first four words out of her mouth...
'We will provide stability ...'

hahahahahahahah.!

Last landlord out close the door.......

Angela Rayner can get stu##ed. I'm off. Toodle Pip

If Landlords sell their houses, are the homeless going to buy them ?

Labour are just One Big Disaster for tenants! I have once house empty. I'm selling it and the others.

I like to put myself in the tenants’ shoes.
If I rented a property, paid the rent on time and in full and adhered to the terms of the agreement, I would not be happy if I received a Section 21 Notice to leave my home in just two months time. This would cause me considerable distress. I’d be at the mercy of the housing market, children may need to change schools or travel further to reach their current schools. My place of work could be many miles further from home. My job may become impossible if the only home I could afford was much further away.
And remember, I paid rent in full and on time and abided by the terms of the AST.
This is why I agree with the banning of Section 21. I’d go further and remove some of the grounds under Section 8. At the very least, any need to move family in to my home and leave me in a dreadful position should be a mandatory ‘prior notice’ ground. Landlords deciding to sell should not be an available ground. They should be forced (or encouraged through the tax system) to sell to another landlord (maybe remove or reduce CGT if a landlord sells to another landlord.
We need to treat others as we ourselves would wish to be treated.
I think Labour are going to win the next election by a landslide. We need to assess what/this means and prepare now. I also think, even as a lifelong Conservative voter, another Tory win would be just as disastrous for our country.

I can't believe I just read this:

"Landlords deciding to sell should not be an available ground. They should be forced (or encouraged through the tax system) to sell to another landlord (maybe remove or reduce CGT if a landlord sells to another landlord"

Sounds like Marxist ideology backed sequestration of assets.

And Section 21s are not issued lightly. Across 22 years,13 properties, and probably 100 plus tenancies I have issued two Section 21s. Both for ASB and damage to property. One this year where the boyfriend of the tenant threatened to burn the property down.Police did nothing.

And as for selling to another landlord - under the current tax and mortgage conditions nobody wants to be a landlord as you are effectively working for nothing. I'm sorry, but it may be the tenants home but it's MY property. Ultimately I should be able to decide who and when I sell it to.

Reply to the comment left by Teessider at 09/10/2023 - 13:54
why would you be issued with a S21 if this was the scenario? What as tenant would you deem as an acceptable reason for a Landlord to regain his/her property?

Reply to the comment left by Teessider at 09/10/2023 - 13:54
As a landlord and regular contributor to this forum you would be aware that S21 is not two months’ notice. Even if you put yourself in the tenant’s shoes, most tenants these days can have many months before they have to vacate.

No PRS tenant should assume indefinite tenure - that is neither the nature nor the intention of an AST. An Assured tenancy in the social sector is the business model that provides for this. I have said elsewhere today already, and it is worth repeating here: “PRS LLs should not be required as substitute providers for the ailing social sector.” My properties belong to me, and I am unwilling to be told if and when I can evict or sell, effectively to put my future in the hands of a tenant.

I help my tenants all I can and would not willingly (and have never) evicted anyone, but the ultimate decision maker is me. Not the Government. Not the tenant. And certainly not the tenant campaign groups who talk long and loud but don't actually house anyone.