Landlords accused of ‘kicking out’ tenants for asylum seekers

“What we’re seeing is an increase in the amount of evictions that are going on in the town, to free up those properties so they can get additional revenue.”

I find that very hard to believe.

No chance!

'priority given to housing ‘illegal immigrants’'. He's having a laugh!

Priority (even if you could given it - you cant as it's discrimination remember!) would be given to anyone on the housing list if the council themselves acted as a guarantor instead to FINANCIAL risk to LL's taking on tenants.

Taking on an 'illegal immigrant' instead is not even an option - by default they have no paperwork so a LL cant rent to them anyway. The only was a LL can do this is via Serco so he is clearly he is taking out of this ear.

Another load of anti LL tosh!

If the council is that worried then perhaps they should lower the risk to LL's of taking on people from the existing housing list in the first place?

Or paying off their rent arrears.

I bet the majority S21's have been issued due to rent arrears/ASBO/property damage in reality.

No LL is going to jump on the Serco fun bus if they see they contracts they are offering!

Reply to the comment left by DSR at 09/11/2022 - 11:12
Is this a hidden advert from Serco?

Firstly it's called free-market capitalism. Whilst personally, I think the general principle of the boat persons is disgraceful, once here, they are just as 'entitled' (often more so) than any other resident. We absolutely should make a distinction, but it seems there isn't.

Secondly, I had very much intended to offer Serco a starting gambit of 80 properties for their 5 (possibly even 7) year scheme. But the contract is so onerous, I can't see m/any LLs going for it. This councillor is making assumptions. Finally, the councils don't (can't?) prioritise 'local/native' kids for school places.

Recently I watched a YouTube podcast that discussed exactly that...if you're a lifelong/long-term UK resident, your kid cannot get a place at particular schools, but any boat people can indeed have one. If you expect LLs to have principles, you bloody well better exercise them yourself!

How ingrained 'kicking the landlord' has become in government, quango and 'charity' groupthink that we have become the boogieman for all of their problems. Little govt are bleating 'kick the landlord' because of a big government policy.
Certainly not because they've shafted any landlord naive enough to hand over their properties to the council in the past. Not because of their predatory licencing. How dare the landlord be efficient with resources say the councillors whose job security and pensions are never related to their own ability to budget other people's money.

Bit ranty? 🙂

FWIW I personally know of a landlord in my area of Essex who was doing HMOs and handed his final property to Serco or a similar company because it was, 'much easier'. I don't know numbers but I can believe this is happening in other areas.

I also know, as I am very tangentially involved with a clothing charity, that 800 more refugees are due in my part of the world shortly & that the plan is to re-activate a couple of closed down care homes and use hotels because they don't have anything else.

It may be true that the Home Office is offering above market rents. But where is the evidence that landlords are evicting tenants to take advantage? Cllr Young (Labour) said Marks Tey Hotel had welcomed an intake of 70 refugees, with around 220 more on the way.
OK, so what? Marks Tey Hotel is not a private house owned by a private landlord. Assuming tenants are being evicted using the section 21 (so-called no fault) process it takes months for private landlords to evict a tenant who does not want to leave. In addition, if the landlord's paperwork and application is not in good order the s21 application will be thrown out. Landlords can't exactly sign up with Serco and guarantee vacant accommodation by a specific date and if they have a rent-paying tenant which landlord will take a punt on Serco's offer being available in 6 to 12 months time when he gets possession?
Ms Young does not refer to specific cases (I assume the reporter would have cited examples if she had). I suspect a few disgruntled tenants have complained to her about being evicted and have blamed it on asylum seekers so she has used that to attack private landlords. The reporter might care to investigate further and find out the full story.

It infuriates me hearing sentences such as "A councillor has accused private landlords of kicking out tenants to make room for asylum seekers because the landlord can earn more in rent from the Home Office."
I hate the term "Landlord" anyhow...PropCo or Service Provider are far more relevant in today's society.....but not only that they speak in the single person as opposed to a proper business and conveniently forget said business has related operating costs like any other business.
Also let's not forget that businesses generally exist to make a profit and after all, isn't that a key duty of the directors....ensuring the company performs optimally.

"A tourist has accused Colchester Borough Council and councillors of block-booking hotels to prevent those vacationing from their usual holiday accommodation because it is more cost-effective for the council in meeting their illegal immigrant obligation."

See how this works, Cllr Julie Young, you absolute clown shoe!

Yet another idiot in office who jumps onto the anti LL bandwagon. No LL would kick out a good tenant: the move to asylum seekers is about security for the LL now that the govt has turned him into a whipping boy: whipped by parasitic tenants and then by their benefactors in government!
Landlords are leaving PRS in droves now. Ask why!