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A month ago I hadnt heard of land tax but as the pandemic grinds on, exposing the problems within our systems, I read more & more about it & it sounds damn fine to me Ben
Is it true what I'm hearing? That 10 days shy of the lifting on the ban of evictions, that govt have removed the N5B possession application form their website? Its going its be absolute chaos come 24th Aug, even without this latest development
Once again the Devolved countries show a closer link to their electorate than England's tired Tory boy palm greasing
Once again the Devolved countries show a closer link to their electorate than England's tired Tory boy palm greasing
shameless stitch up by the ruling elite and their public schools
shameless stitch up by the ruling elite and their public schools
Not often I'm lost for words tinyurl.com/y5aepqp7 This choice quote "Covid-19 may have crippled the economy and sent government debt levels soaring. This has led to many landlords increasing the rent in their properties".
Absolutely. I hate the way that the discourse around social housing has become synonymous with special needs or problems
Absolutely. I hate the way that the discourse around social housing has become synonymous with special needs or problems
Comment from landlord on Property 118 "vermin deserve no sympathy. Most likely she was also on housing benefits" Not a single dissenting voice. What landlords really say about tenants when they are among their own and think nobody else is watching
Lovely comment by a landlord on an article about RROs "Don't let that rogue tenant get away with your £16000 of stolen rent money, deprive her bloody sleep these vermin deserve no sympathy. Most likely she was also on housing benefits" Charmer
For many years now councils have been so desperate for accommodation from private landlords they do deals with those known to their own enforcement teams. The Homelessness Reduction Act means they are now even more desperate
For many years now councils have been so desperate for accommodation from private landlords they do deals with those known to their own enforcement teams. The Homelessness Reduction Act means they are now even more desperate
Apparently landlords look on Rent Repayment Orders as "The magic money tree", which this lot proudly announced is coming to an end tinyurl.com/yxlgx2y8 Oh and of course its an advert for their services defending them Ben
Stamp duty has been taken away but estate agents are just telling sellers to add it to the ask price! Sellers now have a totally unrealistic view of the price of their property and sadly people are buying them still. This is pricing many out of ever buying! 💵
This is useful tinyurl.com/y4loqmwf Covid spikes in areas of poor housing & overcrowding. Interestingly enough exactly what the new planning laws will give us more of Ben
Latest article on Safer Renting blog tinyurl.com/y66wqmvl If online property portals wont carry warning information to protect renters from exploitation, they should be made to Ben
Spot on. Its all going on in plain sight as well, indicating the level of contempt and disdain this government has for the ppl of the UK
Spot on. Its all going on in plain sight as well, indicating the level of contempt and disdain this government has for the ppl of the UK
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Boris Johnson continues to say he believes Mr Cummings behaved reasonably and he considers the matter is closed. RT this if you disagree with him on that #MatterNotClosed
Boris Johnson continues to say he believes Mr Cummings behaved reasonably and he considers the matter is closed. RT this if you disagree with him on that #MatterNotClosed
Very funny article if the underlying truth wasnt so terrifying and the future of the built British landscape so bleak, all the while doing nothing for the housing crisis & everything for developers
Very funny article if the underlying truth wasnt so terrifying and the future of the built British landscape so bleak, all the while doing nothing for the housing crisis & everything for developers
3 Weeks to go to D-Day 24th August. This is not a good time to issue a new defence form that causes even more confusion in possession claims tinyurl.com/y26c2brk I quietly predict chaos with a sense of dread Ben
Ask yourself why this is not getting major press coverage, even though it is actually happening and instigated by lawyers who know what they are doing?
Ask yourself why this is not getting major press coverage, even though it is actually happening and instigated by lawyers who know what they are doing?
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@RentingSafer An idea beloved of economists and deeply attractive in principle, and a bit of a nightmare to implement.
This is absolutely obscene. Evicting tenants and then smashing up their home, all in the midst of a pandemic. Here we are just two weeks after the government voted to weaken the evictions ban.
/2 Here are some pictures of the state of the property when the former tenants re-entered today
Great news that the eviction ban is extended to March 2021 in Scotland. With the extension to the ban in Wales too - only renters in England face eviction in 11 days. @genrentuk #NoHomeAtRisk bigissue.com/latest/evictio…
Shocking.
A grades at private schools up more than any other school/college type. Eyebrow raising. #AlevelResults
Hear, hear. Agree with every word of this from @TonyStacey insidehousing.co.uk/comment/i-have…
Form N5B appears to have been taken down - does anyone know about this and when it will be back up again?
“Language matters, which is why the social housing sector should immediately stop referring to tenants as ‘vulnerable’,” argues @TonyStacey #UKhousing insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/i-ha…
@RentingSafer @CamdenFPT In the middle of lockdown and, for many, no access to banks, with the government allowing a temporary rent break, a major landlord was sending letters to tenants that they had 7 days to pay their rent. Even though the rent was a few days late. That is high intimidation, bullying.
@RentingSafer So would a RRO be different to, or in addition to any compensation a judge would award? I'm bringing a dis-repair claim against my landlord, but am still gathering evidence/expert reports before putting a "number" to my claim?
Between April-June, we saw a 64% increase in the number of people coming to us for help, and we're not even a funded advice service #camden #ukhousing #housing #renters #renting
Darn, beaten to it already in the replies. But that's totally the tower block from the front cover of Original Pirate Material.
Right to Buy at 40 Read: In 1979 42% of the British population lived in council housing. Today the figure is less than 8% and over one million are on waiting lists. 👇🏼 tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/mun…
And of those council homes sold under Right to Buy in London, more than 4 in 10 are now owned and rented out by private landlords. In some cases they're rented back at market rates to the council that was forced to sell them at a discount, in order to house homeless families.
Right to Buy at 40 Read: In 1979 42% of the British population lived in council housing. Today the figure is less than 8% and over one million are on waiting lists. 👇🏼 tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/mun…
@RentingSafer The fact that the landlord was found guilty of the offence seems like an afterthought. Also, if RRO was such a money-maker people doing it wouldn’t need funding from folk like us. (I notice the landlords’ lawyers are doing just fine, though).
@RentingSafer @nearlylegal @smoulderstoat The other day a local authority Head of Housing said "I saw you mentioned in the comments section on <enter landlord-stoking blog>, so you must be doing something right - when can we chat?"
@RentingSafer They've succeeded in getting the RRO cut down a bit in one case and present it like it's an amazing precedent that means they're never going to lose again. And the replies are even more deranged.
@smoulderstoat @RentingSafer I particularly liked this one ;-)
Stamp duty has been taken away but estate agents are just telling sellers to add it to the ask price! Sellers now have a totally unrealistic view of the price of their property and sadly people are buying them still. This is pricing many out of ever buying! 💵
@SpareRoomUK @Gumtree @RentingSafer Some of these suggestions are great like 'do a quick Google or have a look at their LinkedIn to see if they’re legitimate' and 'If you're dealing with an agent, check them out online'. Ben from SaferRenting is making the point that easy-to-use lettings portals like SpareRoom,
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