Shelter hits out at rise in the number of no-fault evictions

I've just had my say on Twitter.

When will Shelter wake up? Landlords are getting rid & reducing supply because of EXACTLY the things you calling for. If you get your own way, you will have less houses=More expensive rent=More homeless.
Leave Landlords alone-More supply=Rents come down.

We not a charity Polly. U need a Council for what u want. If u haven't got that, then unfortunately for u, u NEED Landlords. Every time u talk, u make more tenants homeless as Landlords sell. U creating a Wild West for tenants competing for Landlords houses. If you left Landlords alone, Landlords would then have to fight in their own Wild West competing for tenants.
A Landlord gets what he can for his house. Let's make rents cheaper by increasing supply.

https://twitter.com/MickRobertsBoss/status/1689913776382857216?s=20

All of shelter's and the government's anit-landlords retoric, bullying, over regulation and tax grabs are coming home to roost. That's why landlords are selling up. How about for a change, Shelter and government sitting down with tenants AND landlords together and discussing the various problems and worries and try to come up with some balanced and sensible solutions, but oh no, that would take common sense! something neither of these two dysfunctional rabble have got an ounce of. Far easier to to point all the blame in the direction of landlords. Crack on, there will be next to no landlords or rental properties the moan about in a few years.

Why are they surprised about the rise they have created by clamouring for the ban on S21. Landlords are selling up while they can so naturally there will be a big rise in S21's.
Still while we have homelessness they still have a job!!

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 11/08/2023 - 12:34Mick, Ms Neate is just doing her job, for which she gets paid handsomely, lobbying for tenants on a partially government funded charitable body. She is not paid to join the dots and the politicians who are just swallow her rhetoric whole and unchecked. One poster on another thread here who contacted his MP about the fact that the combination of rising interest rates and unfair tax rules had rendered his lettings business unviable, forcing him to sell up thus reducing already scarce rental supply, got a reply stating that the cause of homelessness was landlords issuing "no fault" evictions and the government was putting a stop to that. Sounded as though he was just reading from a Shelter press release instead of addressing the issues raised by the landlord.

Reply to the comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 11/08/2023 - 13:14
Neate isn't lobbying for 83% of tenants who are satisfied.
In fact, she's only lobbying for those with an Eviction Notice, and neither No Shelter or Ginger Rent believe there's any such thing as a ' deserved eviction '
Contrast that with the vast majority of compliant landlords who condemn Bad practice.
Simply put, Tenant groups only believe the word 'Rogue' relates to Landlords ( and not tenants ! )

Reply to the comment left by Chris @ Possession Friend at 11/08/2023 - 13:19
Yes Chris, I'm well aware of that, but there is never any acknowledgment that the vast majority of PRS tenants are satisfied with their accommodation and their landlord., it's always "tenants impeccable victims of cruel, greedy. law-evading landlords".
I also had to smile at her assertion that the prospect of a stable home is little more than a fantasy for renters. Tell that to the couple who have rented from us for 14 years and others in the past who have stayed for over ten years, Polly. In almost 19 years only one of our tenants has received a Section 21 and one other left voluntarily after a strong reminder that subletting was against the terms of his tenancy agreement and could not be allowed to continue. The English Housing Surveys have for years shown that well over 80% of tenancies are ended by the tenant, not the landlord. I wonder what could have happened recently to cause an increase in S.21s? Perhaps Shelter should look a little closer to home for the reasons for the rise.

Reply to the comment left by Stella at 11/08/2023 - 11:19
i don't believe the Govt will achieve a target of 300,000 new houses yet alone 1million a year for the foreseeable future.
partly because it would seem many big building companies seem to have stopped building as soon as the interest rates started to increase, near where i live in Sussex i noticed the 'NEW HOMES COMING SOON' signs were removed, and hardly any new building has taken place.
where is all the money going to come from to pay for these homes that people may not be able to afford?
my observations on peoples spending habits/priorities today has changed from 54 years ago when i left school. there might be more spendable cash for many people in 20-40 age bracket, but it seems the priority to have save up for years for a deposit to buy a house is less important than having a newish car, a computer, a mobile phone etc. That is everyone's right to choose how to invest and spend their hard earned cash. but i wonder if we need all these HOUSES, ? which i guess will take tens of years to build etc.
i think we need to produce HOMES!, which might be houses but could equally be flats, apartments etc. i think a serious deep dive into what is required and why needs to be agreed. and then what is achievable in a short space of time to achieve this target. the right to have a HOME, (rented or owned) should be a given and should be removed from being a POLITICAL TOPIC.

Without knowing the reason for the S21 (and we don't) the statistics are actually meaningless. I suspect many of the S21's are for consistent late paying or renta arrears but its easier to issue an S21 than an S8

Reply to the comment left by Jonathan Cocks at 11/08/2023 - 14:14The only ' 300,000 ' the government are going to see, - is Illegal migrants in small boats !

That might sound glib, but its a fact that Illegal migrant arrive faster and in greater numbers of properties built ( quite apart from there already being a waiting list well in excess of the Govt targets ! )

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 11/08/2023 - 15:49
Absolutely....nailed it in one.

Ray