The problem Reading the press this weekend we learn that Boris Johnson has likened it to “Kosovo-style social cleansing” in the capital and has vowed to resist it. An analysis prepared for him predicts a “50% increase in homelessness acceptances in the first year of the changes”. Labour MP Chris Bryant talks about the poor…
I was interested to see in the Observer on Sunday, a report about Emmett Scullion, a buy-to-let landlord, who has won £72,000 compensation from a surveyor who overestimated the rental income the landlord’s property would generate. However although this is a worrying decision for surveyors, it doesn’t mean that landlords can now go out and…
On my Landlord Law site, we have a members discussion forum where members sometimes ask me questions. An interesting question recently, and a new one for me, was on what to do to protect yourself against any problems arising from tenants’ misuse of the Internet, if an internet service is provided by the landlord. My…
Law Reform from landlords Reading the excellent Landlord & Buy to Let Magazine today, I came across an article about the Residential Landlords Association’s submission to government with their top law reforms. I thought you might be interested. These are the proposals: 1. Self regulation It is proposed that landlords who are members of approved…
Tenants eviction by mortgage companies There have been many cases in the past where tenants have been evicted, not because they are in arrears of rent or any other problem on their part, but becuase their landlord has not paid his mortgage payments. If your landlord had not got consent for your tenancy, then you…
Richard is well known in the property world as the editor of the excellent Property Investor News (for which I now write a column). I have been nagging him for ages to be one of my NPP’s and he has finally given in. Here is his story. 1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about…
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Housing ex offenders in the private sector?
The government have recently announced that they are going to try to help ex offenders re-offending by helping them to find and maintain a home in the private sector. This of course pre-supposes that landlords in the private sector will be willing to have them. And how are they going to pay their rent if…