New Decent Homes Standard proposed for the PRS

Yet another consultation, with a predictable outcome!

'The government is now seeking views on whether such new standards should be introduced and how they should be enforced.'

What's the point, when there are 150+ rules and regulations already in place for the benefit of tenants in the PRS. The reason there are still rogue landlords is because councils don't or won't enforce those rules.

I would have thought from media coverage that social housing stock is in a greater disrepair than the regulated PRS.
I would be very interested to know how many MP’s have left the PRS since 2018.

“I want to see a thriving private rented sector, but that does not mean that tenants should have to suffer homes that are not of a decent standard."

HMG & unknown-man are doing their level best to acheive a totally destroyed PRS.

why should there ANY difference in the standard of a home according to who owns it?

Lets just get back to basics here and have one rule that applies to everyone! Proper 'levelling up' !

Once again the focus is on the minority of landlords and their bad behaviour. When are they going to realise that if they don’t stop this relentless barrage on the majority of good landlords, there isn’t going to be any left! Many landlords have already sold up and left the sector and this is now showing in the dire shortage of rental homes and the ever increasing rents.

SRS is worse than PRS and if they truly want parity, then there’d be a lot more legislation heading the SRS’s way…!

“I want to see a thriving private rented sector, but that does not mean that tenants should have to suffer homes that are not of a decent standard".

Then why are you and your chummies trying so hard to destroy the PRS, there won't be a PRS soon apart from the rogues.

You need to scrap everything done so far and start again making it a fair system for Landlords and Tenants. We may then invest more money rather than leave and provide more homes so desperately needed.

Why oh why are the government meddling in this so much. In general social housing are in much worse condition and should apply to the same standards at same time.
It was the 90's that the PRS pumped their cash repurposing old derelict flats above shops to make affordable starter accomodation. Being often single brick and old they were never going to appeal to families, but provided great cheap accomodation.
The properties aren't always worth enough to throw large cash injections to improve them to a high standard.
I rented 5 properties in my 20s before buying, and all were not great in quality but they were cheap and meant I could live with my partner and save for a deposit and I was grateful.
This will just end up raising rents and more lack of supply, and no cheap end prooerties available for those that syruggle to afford market rates and see many old flats taken out of service.
Damp issues are often caused by tenants not willing to both heat and ventilate their property especially on single brick flats.
No doubt the landlords will be subsidising inspectors and if a landlord cannot afford the enforced improvements then will they have the right to evict, sell, and call it a day as a landlord..I doubt it...

My real concern here is that the 'standard' here seems to mix essentials such as gas safety with 'nice to have ' e.g. a kitchen less than 10 years old!

My kitchen at home is 20 years old and still looks great. If it was in one of my rental homes would a tenant be allowed to trash it without comeback in future (we already have this issue with floor coverings, a tenants visitors dog tore up a corner in a kitchen, despite the rest of the floor being immaculate the DPS judged that it was over 7 years old so no deduction allowed).

Reply to the comment left by Ashleigh at 02/09/2022 - 12:07
That's their objective!