Thanks to the only accepted hate campaign in the UK

I see that the Government have created a new Rogue
Landlord designation and begun the process of formalising this in legislation. I don’t know what the consensus is amongst everybody subscribing to this forum, but as far as I am concerned, this is nothing but discrimination, pure and simple. I think it is time to fight this tooth and nail. Where is the legislation for Rogue Tenants? Until this is brought in, We should start proceedings under the Human Rights Act.

I thought they did a U turn on the large landlord exemption? (14+ properties from what I recall)

Wouldn't it be nice if the government were to set up a web site for tenants who would like to praise their landlords?
If they took the time to find out that 95+% of private tenants were happy with their landlord and housing, would they still come after us, you bet they will.
Had a tenant who started with a 1 year AST 10 years ago she phoned me yesterday to give a months notice as she is finding the 1 flight of stairs to her 2 bed flat becoming difficult.
Rental period from 21st. notice by phone yesterday on 26th and would like to leave on 1st June.

No problem I told her, the notice should to me should be revived in writing before 21 of May, you should pay the rent for May and you can leave on 20th or June.
Never mind I said you can leave without any further payment.
That would not make the papers would it, as we are supposed to be greedy money grabbing landlords, who don't care about our tenants.
All my tenants after her were signed on to a 6 month tenancy, they have now stayed on for between 2-6 years and still remain, WITH no rent increase. So much for government saying we should give longer tenancies., and doing away with Sec 21. Why do they not understand that good tenants do not get given a section 21 without good reason.
I may have to give some out this year thanks to Sec 21 as just done my tax return and have to pay nearly a £1000 more in tax on money paid to Mortgage suppliers, as a bright spark thinks it was rental income so is all profit.
Sold 1 last October parents with 4 kids living there for 7 years. started with a 1 year AST, 5 more properties to sell .
Well done government. Anyone is a target for these no nothing b*******, was Windrush common sense? Sack the lot of them, vote for Mark

Yes, the whole thing is a disgrace. What has always made me wonder is why they should exempt holiday lets - which provide non-essential housing to people who already have a roof over their heads - and penalised those of us who provide people's essential housing - with many landlords specialising in housing the riskier low-paid tenants and those with drug or alcohol dependency etc. The latter are the ones who are going to be made homeless by Section 24 first.

I also agree that this is the only legitimised hate campaign in the country. I would like to see a law which outlawed discrimination against groups, which would include occupational groups. If that were law then the despicable and libellous drivel published by the Guardian last week would not see the light of day. As it is, when this is allowed it pollutes the atmosphere even more and further legitimises the ridiculous, populist and far left policy on the PRS currently being pursued by the Government.

Further to my last little diatribe, I am wondering if the Govt. can be brought to book on the grounds that they are ignoring GAAR big-time by introducing Section 24. If no other business is so penalised, then we have a case to go forward to the Court of Appeal or whatever department we can find that deals with this sort of case, surely?

This was what Brendan Cox tweeted:

@MrBrendanCox

Fascism in Europe never starts with mass killings, it starts with the normalisation of hatred.

You seem to about summed it up.

More they put on us, the harder it becomes for tenant too.
Tenant moans, Govt & Councils attack us more, again the tenant pays more & gets harder for him to.

Make it easy for us within law, we make it easier for tenant. They win.