Open letter calls for action to deal with ‘housing crisis’

But for the majority of those S21 repossessions, won't another tenant come along and occupy the premises?

Anyone who thinks that the Renters' Reform Bill will increase the availability of properties to rent is living in cloud cuckoo land.

That's correct: The introduction of "....rent controls and an evictions ban, following in Scotland’s footsteps" would be acts of exceptional stupidity. The SNP policies are already backfiring in Scotland.

Shelter don’t seem to understand that Landlords are not charities they are a business like any other. Our business model is that we require payment for providing housing and can’t subsidise tenants. Most evictions when it boils down to it are for rent arrears. Unfortunately in this world if you don’t pay for it you can’t have it. Banning Section 21 will not prevent evictions for rent arrears as it will still be a mandatory ground under Section 8. Section 8 is more costly for the landlord and takes longer than Section 21, it may give the tenant some respite and may be stopped if they pay off the arrears but it won’t delay the inevitable if they persistently don’t pay the rent.
Rent controls won’t help anybody. If rent controls mean a landlord cannot run their business they will be forced to sell up, another rental property will be lost and the tenant will have to find another property in a shrinking market.
The problem is costs are increasing and all of us are feeling the pinch tenants and landlords. It is not the fault of landlords or tenants it’s just the Governments way of making us pay for all the money they have borrowed and wasted.

Why do comments disappear when one mentions high net migration as a factor ?

504k last year + illegals = 4000 new homes needed a week 😮

Reply to the comment left by Robin Pearce at 11/01/2023 - 22:33
Well well .... I would separate immigrant workers who pay their taxes from others.......there is only 2 ways out for UK.... with immigrant workers for the country economy to function OR adopt policy for very high tech economy to increase productivity in which UK lags well behind......and arguably such high tech economy has NO been seen in this planet yet....worse still UK currently lack both of them and high tech will take decades to get close.... the problem is government policy... while some of the mindset and policy may have worked in favour...in today world it appear to works against...these factor is not limited only in the housing sector. ...... 3 months ago I got quote from 2 major companies who manufacturers and installer windows and the likes..... they required 25% payment at signing....they both need "24 - 26 weeks to install" but there have clause in the Ts & Cs that external factors such supply could delay further and exclude from any liability in the event..... further more.... one of them went bust since then.... "Net Migrant" ??? while could have some minor effect in the equation...highly questionable to include as a cause of the crisis...

Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 11/01/2023 - 15:14https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59977154
Tesco and M&S made bumper profits over Christmas. I don't see people queuing up to demonise them, accuse them of profiteering, or insist that their prices are frozen in the same way that 'greedy' Landlords are represented in the press. Our costs are rising too and most of us are not making bumper profits - our margins are decreasing and our risks are increasing.
We're just the whipping boys (or girls), but it will bite them all in the b*m as supply continues to diminish and rents keep increasing...
Elementary economics - just a travesty that the government, media et al can't or won't see it.