Author: Landlord Crusader

Welcome to the Landlord Club, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves!

As the Prime Minister and Chancellor step into the world of landlording, they are joining a diverse and dynamic sector that plays a crucial role in the UK housing market. With their new roles as landlords...

CRUSADER: Why must landlords put up with vile online trolls?

Landlords in the UK know they aren’t popular with politicians, councils, tenant activist organisations and lots of tenants – but do we really deserve the vile online landlord harassment that...

CRUSADER: Was the Budget the death knell for the PRS?

In a Budget that surprised no one for being the biggest tax grab in decades, Labour really has shown what they think of landlords in the PRS. Absolutely nothing. They know nothing about us, the sector...

Pennycook: Why a landlord exodus is DEFINITELY underway...

It’s almost like something out of the novel 1984, when the evidence of your eyes is not to be trusted. I’m talking, of course, about housing minister Matthew Pennycook at the Renters’...

CRUSADER: Why landlords must be wary of Labour’s ‘mission...

Just when you thought Labour’s hatred of landlords couldn’t get any worse comes the alarming realisation that the Renters’ Rights Bill could be so much worse than most landlords fear.

10:21 AM, 18th October 2024, About a month ago | 19

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The Renters’ Rights Bill: What tenants need to know...

Hey tenants, while you may be excited about the potential benefits of the Renters’ Rights Bill, it’s important to consider what the potential impact will be on your renting life. I know it...

9:27 AM, 11th October 2024, About a month ago | 19

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The exodus of landlords: How bad does it have to get?

Some critics, landlords and commentators say there isn’t a landlord exodus, but landlords are leaving – there is no doubt. So, while the term exodus makes people feel squeamish it’s like...

EPC rules and the Renters’ Rights Bill will damage the PRS...

While landlords are distracted by the nonsense that is the Renters’ Rights Bill, the biggest elephant in the room is a pledge for PRS homes to meet an EPC minimum rating of C. Ed Miliband, the so-called...

10:51 AM, 27th September 2024, About 2 months ago | 15

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Renter’s Rights Bill: A disaster for tenants?

Have you recovered yet? As a landlord, the Renters’ Rights Bill is NOT designed to help renters – it is clearly designed to damage the private rented sector. Potentially, fatally. If you are...

12:29 PM, 13th September 2024, About 2 months ago | 20

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Why we need an uncomfortable conversation about homelessness...

It’s hard to believe that the homeless charity Crisis and the TDS are putting together strategies to get more PRS landlords to rent to the homeless. But, I fear, the result may not be what they want.

Why councils can’t run private rented homes – after...

Every private landlord in the country must know that their local council is hopeless and doesn’t understand the private rented sector – but did you know that they couldn’t run a bath?

Hardships tests, EPC ratings and a Section 21 ban – is...

Apologies in advance if this article appears to be ‘whiny’ but I feel that the Renters’ Rights Bill is about to turn a landlord’s world upside down. There’s obviously no appreciation...

EPCs for the PRS: Ed Miliband fires the starter gun for a landlord...

Here we go again with energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings needing to be a minimum of C for the private rented sector but not homeowners, social housing or government buildings. Ed Miliband was...

9:36 AM, 2nd August 2024, About 4 months ago | 91

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Renters’ Rights Bill = Rent controls by the back door.

So, where do we begin? The Renters (Reform) Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill! But is it better or worse than what the Tories had planned for the private rented sector? Well, I think...

9:06 AM, 19th July 2024, About 4 months ago | 22

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Landlords now facing the ‘grown-ups’: Don’t give up!

What can landlords in the private rented sector expect from the new Labour government? Remember, the party’s fans are bandying about the term ‘the grown-ups are back in the room’ without...

Twist or bust? The dilemma facing UK landlords after Labour win...

Hi Angela Rayner, well done on beating a limping, exhausted, beaten Conservative party in the election. I imagine the rise of Reform was a last-minute scare, eh? And many of those famous Red Wall voters...

Anti-landlord nonsense steps up a gear – thank you Labour...

I’ve tried to ignore the manifestos and was doing well but then up pops my old friend Angela Rayner with some more nonsense about landlords in the private rented sector (PRS). Labour doesn’t...

9:20 AM, 21st June 2024, About 5 months ago | 12

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Labour manifesto: Will the last landlord to leave the PRS, please...

Well, what do landlords make of the political party manifestos this week? The big one is Labour which is promising to ban Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions on day one. There’s still no indication...

10:06 AM, 14th June 2024, About 5 months ago | 39

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Goodbye Renters (Reform) Bill: Unloved and unwanted but the fight...

Other than Ben Beadle, are there any landlords who will be mourning the demise of the Renters (Reform) Bill? It was unwanted by landlords and agents; it would have brought destruction and the big issue...

9:47 AM, 31st May 2024, About 6 months ago | 32

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Landlords and the General Election: Who should we vote for?

Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement to call a General Election might turn out to be one of the best political gambles of modern times but where will landlords stand? None of the parties have been...

9:46 AM, 24th May 2024, About 6 months ago | 66

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