No Fault Eviction Ban ...What Do We Think?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68267106

 

[Old_Geezer]

I think a reasonable time period should be obligatory but one should be able to get out of the renting business if one wishes. Maybe there could be some legislation regarding banning a history of flip flopping as it does effect the renter's life, but I'm not keen on an outright ban. It is the owner's property after all.

[Untitled]

good idea. don't believe it will happen.

[Redhelen72]

I not sure a ban is the right course of action.

Something does need to be done though, I don't think the argument of it being 'their home' is correct - most people do this as an investment and therefore have a buy to let mortgage so its not their home at all.

 

[barry1010]

Seems fair enough to me. "Under the bill, landlords would only be able to evict tenants in England under certain circumstances, including when they wished to sell the property or when they or a close family member wanted to move in."

So there will be 'no fault evictions'.  How long would the family member have to live in the property for it to count? 

[Countrylover]

I agree with OG and   Red.  No way would I wish to be a landlord.   I do feel sorry obviously when tenants are evicted through no fault of their  own. They should be given adequate time to find another dwelling, but many just don't bother to even look. There are risks to tenants, but many morerisks to landlords in my opinion especially if the property has a mortgage attached.

[ladybirder]

I had to evict myself from my own SW London flat in the mid 80's when the mortgage rates shot up. Renting it out for enough to cover the new monthly mortgage payments was such a relief as I loved it and didn't want to lose it.

I rented one room in a nearby house so that I could keep my eye on it.  

[youngmafbog]

Idealistic thinking again.  Actions have consequences but Governments never learn.

The whole idea of the Short tenancy was to tempt people back into the letting business.  Before that you were not only stuck with the tenants but couldnt put the rent up. In the end my father who had half a road, along with many others just dumped them out for pennies and often they went to unscroupulous people who would 'evict' or torch it down.

We are in an housing crisis, loose the private Landlord and all that will happen is that they will be either snapped up by the big corporations that are now buying into letting (and they have good briefs and muscle) or redeveloped into something ordinary people cannot afford.

Having said that something does need to be done to stop som of the more unscupulous Landlords.

We got rid of our portolio of ten properties about 6 years ago now, could see the way it was going.

[Countrylover]

^ All very true 

[ToraToraTora]

Yes I think in the end it will just make the problem worse. The Letting business is so heavily weighted to the tennant it is no longer viable. If this does happen I expect a lot of section 21 rushes to get them out before the deadline then properties on the market. YMB is correct no value in the letting business these days for the small guy, flogged mine years ago.

[tomus42]

You don't have to evict anyone for no reason. It's a contract. All either party has to do is inform the other that this is the last one they intend to sign.

Both parties then have time to make other arrangements.

[youngmafbog]

Never been a Landlord have you tomas?  It's not as simple as that and getting harder by the day.