Labour calls for a ‘Renters’ Charter’

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 03/04/2023 - 12:04
Ms Abbott is sadly one of the most incompetent and clueless politicians around. She often make grand accusations that she can't substantiate. She points to symptoms of a complicated problem, largely created by the Govt; as the problems by themselves. God help us if the likes of her get into power. They'll ruin the country.

Reply to the comment left by Peter S at 03/04/2023 - 12:22
She knows sweet FA.

Reply to the comment left by Richard Holder at 03/04/2023 - 13:05
Yes, I would genuinely like to know where this idea comes from.

Reply to the comment left by M K at 03/04/2023 - 11:42I couldn't agree more with your points!!! And what astounds me even more is that all these 'renters reforms/charters' etc are always focusing on the private rental market, as though all the problems stem from the private landlords!??
Has Diane not seen the countless cases on the news of the numerous councils and social housing companies who have had tenants living in severe mould and pest infested properties for years!!! Not weeks or months!... People with young children... and critically ill tenants! Could you imagine a private landlord getting away with that kind of behaviour?? We would be dragged into court before the week was over! The large housing associations and councils are the worst offenders of this kind of inhumane behaviour! But yet, all the focus is on the private landlords!
Does anyone esle feel like this is a deliberate attack on the private landlord sector, to stop us creating anymore generational wealth??

I personally do not have an issue with policies that protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords... but surely that should apply to ALL rented properties? Social housing and private housing alike!

This is Diana talking.. please don't fret.

Reply to the comment left by David Houghton at 03/04/2023 - 12:48
Starmer will bend whichever way the populist wind blows.

Reply to the comment left by Seething Landlord at 03/04/2023 - 13:38
Section 13 of the Housing Act (1988) deals with rent increases. Specifically subsection (2)(b)(ii) is where maximum annual increases are first alluded to:

"For the purpose of securing an increase in the rent under a tenancy to which this section applies, the landlord may serve on the tenant a notice in the prescribed form proposing a new rent to take effect at the beginning of a new period of the tenancy specified in the notice, being a period beginning not earlier than

(a)—the minimum period after the date of the service of the notice; and

(b) except in the case of a statutory periodic [F1 tenancy—

(i) in the case of an assured agricultural occupancy, the first anniversary of the date on which the first period of the tenancy began;

(ii) in any other case, on the date that falls 52 weeks after the date on which the first period of the tenancy began"

". . . a bad landlord is someone who puts up the rent every six months . . ."
And a bad grocer is one who puts up prices every six months, Tesco, Sanisbury, Lidl, Morrisons, Asda etc please note.

They close the asylum? Where's she crept out from?

Diane Abbott may be a rattle but keep in mind she is not the only Labour MP who holds her views.