Campaign group wants landlords to pay 2 months rent penalty to help tenants move home

What these, and many other measures both property related and not, actually mean is the encroachment of the state on the rights of use of private property, taken to its extreme that would be nationalisation albeit here without compensation in which case it is sequestration, let's just call it what it is, communism.

Dear Polly, please come to my house with all your friends, I`ll put a tent in the rear yard for my family. You`re welcome to all the food & drink in my house, full details of my bank account will be provided immediately you arrive. Phone numbers for Just Eat, KFC & pizza hut will be at hand. I will let myself in, with your permission, to undertake washing & cleaning of the house, shopping for everyone. Please advise if this is sufficient for your fiends.

Reply to the comment left by moneymanager at 08/06/2023 - 10:17
Government [of whatever colour] is being dragged by the nose by the lure of rental votes, to the point of believing they can tell private landlords what they can do with their money. Well, landlords vote too, and will vote with their feet... out of the PRS [it's been happening for 3 years], with zero social housing to take up the demand.

It's always extremes with these things. If the fear is S21s just to remove tenants and increase rents then legislate for a 12 month rent freeze based on the previous cost with an rpi increase permissible. Feels like a reasonable middle ground

Polly Neate is clearly insane.
As previous people have commented she is doing more harm to the people she claims to represent than any of the worst landlords could ever do.
I have been a landlord for over 20 years,and recently sold two very good flats where I could not get the EPC higher than a D.
These latest government proposals and the hysterical rants from Polly Neate and her ilk are seriously making me consider whether I should exit the PRS altogether.
If I do over 20 families will be forced to move house because this landlord is sick and tired of being unjustly villified.

Maybe Tesco will provide 2 months free food for tenants moving home, and the energy supplies give free gas and electricity for two months…

We find ourselves in the midst of an unhinged witch-hunt orchestrated by radical professional activists in collusion with a populist left wing Tory government. Their distorted agenda seeks to make us the sacrificial lambs for all the nation's troubles, just like 1930s Germany. They won't rest until every last landlord is driven out, leaving chaos in their wake. Little do they realise the dire consequences that await them when they struggle to find shelter in just a few short years.

Reply to the comment left by Laura Delow at 08/06/2023 - 08:50
I do it for Altruism now. Wrong I know. And yes, I did initially start out to make money, & many of us now are forced into this Altruism. But Altruism doesn't pay for Govt & Council 2023 outgoings, so we then have to stop this Altruism.

You say very good words, yet lots of Renters can't afford the deposit etc.

Talking of, letter enclosed tenant has had to send this morning to Council Licensing who 'assumed' the tenant would want the Council Inspecting:

142 XXX Drive
Bestwood
Nottingham
NG5 XXX

Dear Licensing,

My Landlord has informed me you are coming into my house 21st June.
I'm sorry, but we are at work that day.
Also, I'm not having you come into my house when I have done nothing wrong, nor my Landlord. We have no problems with the house.

We don't agree with Selective Licensing as you have made Landlords increase rents to pay for Licensing and you have made Landlords sell which has let other Landlords increase rents through Supply Demand.

Hence us tenants lose out as we can no longer move any where any more.

Should you wish to get a court order to enter, then we will of course comply.

Can I ask
What gives you the right to send my Landlord a letter saying you are coming in my house on a certain date with no time appointments just like that? I think this is disgusting.

Yours,

With much regret we have decided to remove ourselves from the private rental sector and sell our 4 rental properties.
We have excellent tenants and have a really good relationship with them all. This is however our retirement income (our only income) and injecting long term risk and instability to this as a direct result of these changes and more importantly 'charitable' interference, we just cannot accept. Just as tenants need stability, so do we.
Four families will soon be looking for new homes - undoubtedly with much higher rents.

If tenants want a payment of 2 months rent at the end of a tenancy that's fine - will just need to be priced into the cost. It's adding another service. Would need to work out likely contact length and those who might abuse this (by paying a months rent, then leaving and wanting to get two months free).

If you can be protected with a minimum term of 6 months, then would add 2 months cost to rent of 6 months. So would need a 33% rent rise. The tenants who stay longer would lose out - but if that's the requirement then financially need to cost this in.

I'd look at the whole picture and the extra costs/risks required and if rent rises would support this. If so, continue renting if not sell up

I'm also happy to add other services (eg. cleaning, gardening, turning down the sheets and putting chocolate on pillow etc!) but all have a cost. If these are mandated then how could people pay?

All of these government and pressure group requests look likely to harm renters more than landlords. If costs get too high for us, we sell up. Tenants, particularly those who can't buy or want more flexibility to move, are stuck.

I do think we need to be more explicit about how we present rent. Break down any rent increases eg. licencing costs x%, increasing insurance % etc etc.