No Fault Evictions

As regulations for private landlords have been increased over the years, less and less people are becoming landlords, and existing landlords have been giving up being a landlord, because of the increasing cost and burden of regulations, so as a result there are less properties available for rent, and if they bring in this ban on 'no fault evictions' will that completely decimate the private rental market.

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I know that 'regulation' is needed for privately rented properties, but is it becoming over regulated ?

so you think it,s right people getting evicted thru no fault of their own do you 1stroke .

nothing surprises me with 2stroke

Whupsy

I don't want people to be evicted through no fault of their own, but if a landlord does not have the option to take back their property, then a prospective landlord may decide not to become a landlord, and that is what has been happening, causing the already shortage of housing to become much worse, and the cost of the housing which is available has been pushed up, because of the increased demand for those remaining properties, so a ban on no fault evictions is good in one sense, but bad in another sense, because such legislation is going to drastically reduce the amount of properties available to be rented privately, and what properties there are available, will have sky high rental prices.

Don’t you believe it!
A landlord can’t just evict a tenant for no reason.

Tonker, unless it's changed, I remember a few years ago after dealing with a lettings agency on behalf of a family member, after the original six month contract was passed, the tenant had to give two months notice of vacating and if the landlord wanted the tenant out, they had to give the tenants the same period. Now as I said I don't know if that's still the case.

Just read that this is still in force and there is a bill going through to alter this section.

Frecky, I’m a landlord and have been renting properties out since the early 80’s.
I’ve had some very nice, reliable, tenants. But I’ve also had all the shit and a bag to put it in.
If there’s a contract, it must be adhered to.

Frecky, I’m a landlord and have been renting properties out since the early 80’s.
I’ve had some very nice, reliable, tenants. But I’ve also had all the shit and a bag to put it in.
If there’s a contract, it must be adhered to.

That's told you twice frecky
Make your mark

yes & i remember when the benefit payments went to the landlord & you could,nt knock them down with a stick but now the payments are given to the claimant & they have to pay the landlord they dont want them in their property . talk about double standards & who was it that changed it iain duncan smith . now the landlords fear they wont get the rent they kick them out even tho they have never missed a payment . i remember tv shows documenting this very thing a while ago .

i had a rental property the guy in the place was receiving benefit payments Over 1 year he missed 2 months i remembered he was full excesses why he could not pay his rent.... His kid stole the money ETC He never understood that it was not my problem ... had to fill in a [i think it was a section20]to get him out so i wrote a glowing reference and forgot about the money he owed and sold the place

Being a landlord is not the gravy train that television programmes like "Houses under the Hammer" lead people into thinking it is as friends of ours found out when they ended up having to go to court to get a non rent payer evicted and when he was evicted, ended up with a large bill to rectify the terrible mess he had made of the property!

Tonker, The contract I meant was the first six months whereby if the tenant wished to leave before the six months they had to pay all the contract. After that contract was up it went on a rolling contract and that's when the two months notice came in. I presume this is still the case.

maybe todger but were not talking about that are we it,s about those who PAY the rent but get kicked out thru no fault of their own .

Whupsy

But supposing the landlord wants/needs their property back ?

that,s not wot we are talking about . wot about the rights of the renter who is ordered to get out even tho they have NEVER missed a payment . wot about them .

Whups, nobody is saying it's fair but the tenant knows the situation when signing up.....going back to paying the rent to the landlord then tenant. I worked for the housing dept for twenty odd years and when I started the rent was paid directly to the council. The rent arrears was manageable because it was only on properties that actually paid rent. The people on benefits or unemployed didn't occur any because it was paid direct. Fast forward to when it was paid to the tenant and rent arrears shot up and a lot of these folk knew the procedures regarding rent arrears and it could take months to get them into court. They would then pay a few quid and promise to pay the arrears and the court always would agree to a payment plan then after a few weeks they would stop paying and the process would have to start all over again. I could take a year to get them out because the council had to go by the book. It does seem grossly unfair to terminate a tenancy in the private sector if someone is up to date on their payments, and that's why a bill to alter that is already going through parliament.

Whupsy

"wot about the rights of the renter"

Wot about the rights of the property owner, who want their property back ?

I know someone who is a huge scale landlord in Manchester.

When he wants someone out, he sends one of his operatives to "make them an offer that they can't refuse"!

(Having said that, I doubt any legislation would modify his way of doing things.)

He really is a baddy!

Ena

He sounds like a disciple of Rackmanism

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He sounds horrible.

message removed now you have read it.

not going to tempt providence.

Ena

Ok

they shud,nt have rented it in the 1st place shud they . so answer the question .

Whupsy

I have answered the question.