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Activists press another council to get tough on landlords

Activists from the Acorn campaign are pressing a council to get tough on landlords.

Acorn has waged anti-landlord and anti-letting agent campaigns in recent months in different parts of the country, including protests outside landlords’ homes and an incident at a Home Counties agency in which two activists were arrested. 

Now a representative of the group has addressed the Labour-controlled council in Sheffield and according to the Sheffield Star news outlet, the activists demand a city-wide licensing regime.

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The paper quotes one addressing councillors and saying: “Since 2016, Acorn has been campaigning for citywide landlord licensing to ban the worst landlords from renting in our city. Since then our union has been growing ever stronger, as we speak we are fighting more and more cases against rogue landlords than ever before.

“We believe this is a crisis that demands urgent action. We have seen landlords refusing to repair homes overrun with mould, stealing deposits, serving revenge evictions so we are asking now that the council commit to introducing citywide landlord licensing.”

 

 

The councillor responsible for housing in Sheffield, Paul Wood, is quoted as responding: “The council takes the private rented sector landlords and the quality of the housing very seriously. We are committed to ensuring the highest standards across the city. Not only in the private sector but also in the public sector as well.

“Be assured that within the powers and resources we have at the moment we are increasing the monitoring of the private rented sector and we will continue to do that and work towards getting what you are looking for.”

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    They do realise it will cause rents to increase significantly don't they?

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    • D B
    • 10 March 2021 09:13 AM

    And a flood of landlords leaving the industry.

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    • 10 March 2021 09:13 AM

    Far as I am concerned.......The rents will become astronomical!!!!!

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    • D B
    • 10 March 2021 09:14 AM

    Good landlord not just bad ones.

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    Nottingham introduced licensing, all my rents on affected property increased by £25 a month to cover the increased costs and administration. Now I get hassled by DASH Nottingham to do inspections of the properties, all my tenants declined the inspection.

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    • 10 March 2021 10:23 AM

    Shame it was not £50 a month.......l.;

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    Increased costs are always picked up by the end user, whatever the business.

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    • 10 March 2021 10:43 AM

    And the more they have to pay, the better.

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    So we have Shelter, Generation rent, Acorn and now also 38 degrees has joined in the Anti-LL Campaigns. Acorn says get rid of worst LL's, never mentioned worst Tenants. Oxford City Council have Investigated over 4'000 complaints about Anti-Social behavior in Private Rented Property, sorry not the Landlord doing this ? how is Licensing going to help this ? they are targeting the wrong people the only difference the License will make is to fine the LL for what the Tenants are doing, just like they are currently doing with the LL's that are already Licensed.

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    Why are they called activists? There's nothing active or productive about them, just a bunch of lazy jealous rabble rousing malcontents who only harm decent tenants and protect like minded rent dodgers.

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    Anarchists is more like it. My pride means I work for what I have, which means my time is spent at work not moaning and gobbing off about I dont get enough free stuff,or My house is a mess because I have trashed it and its my Landlords fault. I am so close to bailing while the prices are high. The next Conservative on my door step come campaign time will not enjoy the experience.

     
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