This morning's news: both parties talking about tenants' rights. But they're saying somewhat different things (albeit without sufficient details for a proper critique):
Tories - restrictions on sub-standard and crowded housing.
Labour - protection from no-fault eviction.
That looks like almost diametrically opposite to the parties' relative stance of a generation ago. Tories proposing red tape that will inevitably raise administration costs, smell of micro-management and dampen supply in a very socialist manner, while Labour[1] look to a long-overdue change to offer basic security of one's home.
[1] Provided they don't do something really dumb like fail to preserve the existing but unused provisions for landlords letting out their own home while temporarily away.
Got a credit card? use our Credit Card & Finance Calculators
Thanks to Wasron,jfgw,Rhyd6,eyeball08,Wondergirly, for Donating to support the site
A strange inversion
-
- The full Lemon
- Posts: 10813
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 8:17 pm
- Has thanked: 1471 times
- Been thanked: 3005 times
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 3131
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 3:39 pm
- Has thanked: 3060 times
- Been thanked: 554 times
Re: A strange inversion
It's no wonder landlord's are quitting in droves, the wave of deregulation through the 80s/90/00s is being progressively reversed.
'restrictions on sub-standard and crowded housing.'
I don't have a problem with this. IMV it mostly impacts the rank cowboys, like '12 people living in a rented garage' (there was a purge on many such set-ups down near Hounslow a few years ago).
'protection from no-fault eviction.'
'No fault' according to who? What level of proof required, if it was contested would you have to go to court/wait/seek an enforcement order/wait/get a bailiff? This measure IMO would be a major change - no thanks!
'restrictions on sub-standard and crowded housing.'
I don't have a problem with this. IMV it mostly impacts the rank cowboys, like '12 people living in a rented garage' (there was a purge on many such set-ups down near Hounslow a few years ago).
'protection from no-fault eviction.'
'No fault' according to who? What level of proof required, if it was contested would you have to go to court/wait/seek an enforcement order/wait/get a bailiff? This measure IMO would be a major change - no thanks!
Return to “Property Investment Discussions”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 29 guests