Labour ‘demonises landlords’ and will empower tenants

Very simple, a further large chunk of private LL'ds are now guaranteed to exit if the loony left come to power..I will be advising all my tenants not to vote labour and pointing out that rents will rise and many LL'ds including myself may be forced to sell out from under them-the perfect storm with forecast high int rates over the next few years. In my view all private LL'ds should now be taking time to talk to their tenants to educate them if need be. But most tenants are not stupid they understand the implications of ever increasing bureaucracy and eroding of LLds rights. Interestingly, when I go to property meets etc, most of the LLd's there are of a similar age to me ie 50's onwards, there are not so many younger people coming to property in the traditional AST letting sense, the younger guys are shooting for high yielding strategies using prop techs, so that would suggest that many of us will soon be at a point where we think about de-burdening ourselves from this tripe before retirement..

The usual story - a politician chasing votes.
By the way, how can anyone that doesn't own a property have "the right to make your home your own"?
Labour's idea as to what constitutes "reasonable improvements" might be very different to a landlord's.
If landlords needed a nudge to sell up, this could well be it.

2/3rds of my property rental portfolio has now been sold. Phew

The only “clout” PRS landlords have against all political parties is for ALL landlords to issue s21 notices on a named day. Doesn't mean that possession will need to be sort, well not unless the landlord wants to, but it will shock politicians into realising where would 4.7 million people - including their children- be housed!

"The charter will also include the right for tenants to have pets"

If this was made law, would it override a Leasehold clause specifying 'no pets'?

Its about time the political lobby representing landlords started doing their job rather than winging.

"Politicians need educating......"

To hope and prey a labour government isn't round the corner is not the right approach, because most landlord bashing has taken place under a conservative government, with little or no fight back from the NRLA and such like....

The lobbying needs to start now with the labour front bench!!

“Because security in your home, the right to make your home your own and most of all the right to live in a home fit for human habitation is non-negotiable.”

Landlords will continue 'negotiating' with their feet with an increasingly un-level playing field.

Being a private landlord isn't compulsory (yet!).

Correct me if I’m wrong- but I’m sure I’ve recently read somewhere that Scotland are bringing in ‘tenants can no longer be evicted due to rent arrears’ !! This can’t be right.

The balance of power was skewed in favour of tenants long ago. These proposals by labour will simply tip the balance further. The Labour Party can introduce more and more rights for tenants if they form a government and choose to do so but they will then have to explain to the electorate at the following election why there aren't any private rental properties available. I do not think the entire collective of Labour politicians have the tiniest fraction of business sense between them.

All Landlords need to serve a Sec.21 (if it's still allowed) 1 month before the next General Election telling their Tenants that if Labour get in then they are out (and the Sec.21 lapses if Labour don't get in)!!

Reference to Judith's comments. That's a good idea, on the named day issue a Section 21. That would blow their ideas apart, maybe? Over my working life I have seen some "Dodgy" rentals. So it is up to us to maintain a better standard. You do make money, if you don't get out of the business!
Unfortunately, what seems to be the socialist thinkers, Labour, Lib Dems, Greens plus especially left wingers are hell bent crushing a service by landlords! Governments don't or can't do it. This includes the present Welsh & Scottish governments. Thanks 👍