Activists U-turn on Renters Reform Bill?

The headline suggested to me these silly people had woken up and wanted the Bill to be watered down to be more fairer and stop a catastrophe for their supporters . I didn’t quite believe it. How right was I!

I don’t believe I’ll get my properties back either despite whatever grounds they claim to offer. Getting on bended knees to some lefty judge saying ‘please give me my own property back?’ No!

So I now have one empty house atm 🥲

Nick, you are lucky to have your house empty. Perhaps engage a cleaner and let it as serviced accommodation.

The biggest problem is that we have had no representation at all - and continue to have none. The "activisits" received all they wanted in the Renters Reform Bill and now they want more. They want there to be no possibility of us ever gaining possession of our properties.

All we have is the petition on the Parliament website which currently has 1272 signatures.

Petition has 1279 signatures now- would be great to get it to 2000 today. Can people put the link on every website where there might be supporters?

I read the headline and wondered whether one of the activist groups had worked out that their landlord bashing was making things significantly worse for renters - silly me, they will never see sense.

Another story today on LT says only 10 percent of landlord are planning to expand their portfolio within 2 years, while the number exiting is far higher than this. So it seems the activists are finally getting what they’ve always wanted. They are winning and the landlords they despise so much are leaving the sector - I hope they’ll be happy with what’s left. Renters who can’t find anything to rent should write to their friendly activist groups and ask them, as there are now almost no rental properties available and they are not looking to buy - how do they now secure a property to live in? What is their plan to replace the rental properties that are leaving the market in record numbers?

The tenant groups are living in cloud cuckoo land if they believe the RRB will make much difference to tenants. We all know most evictions are not 'no fault' so these will continue, rents will go up in case a pet is wanted & LLs are leaving in droves. The whole thing is bad for LLs but worse for tenants!

They simply want to effectively own OUR properties and never be evicted. That is what they are aiming for.

Been back to the UK for property drama over the weekend. One I have got back but the scruffy swine left four loads of crap to be moved.

The second one has been worded by the activists to take her to court and she would
Welcome that..! Smashed the roof from inside out and it’s my fault. Set fire to the kitchen again my fault. Used her head or her boyfriends head to smash the sink, my fault..!

It’s all costs and nothing back. Spoke to my letting agent about direction of travel and the explained to me that the amount of landlords exiting is incredible.

Sat in front of her computer and she rattled off a dozen houses for sale by landlords exiting. When I say a dozen I am not joking.

Anyway visiting including hotel and car hire is £1200 and after getting a property back probably £7k for new kitchen, decoration and carpets.

Sat at Manchester airport having a pint and wondering WTF has happened to my country..!

Pro-Tenant is the right description for these reforms.

What possible justification could there be for Doubling the period a tenant can remain in Two MONTHS rental default, before being able to commence Notice and proceedings !

I think I need to sell all of my rental houses and buy sports cars to rent out.

For example a Lamborghini LP560 Spyder rents out for between £560 - £!500 a day and has to be handed back on time.

I can get more than 5% by just letting my money sit in a bank in the IOM. After repairs and expenses, that's more than I get for some rentals and this is with no mortgages to pay.

And they wonder why landlords are selling up??

Just another thought for the activists that think we should put millions of pounds into helping tenants have a home when we could invest in something better.

I've stopped buying houses and now looking at better ways to spend my money.

Well done Shelter and generation Rant. You have made your point and made good landlords leave the sector, thus making more people homeless.

Congratulations, now what lies are you going to tell these homeless people that may now have to live in tents? Obviously you will blame landlords as you dont supply houses to help tenants.


So, for the price of a house that I can rent out for this much a month and have constant headache I can earn more per day from car rental than I would in a month from renting a house??

Maybe the government will finally be forced to build more homes instead of pleading to landlords to give them their houses?

I dont think either scenario is going to happen.

Housing shortage will get worse, rents will rise.....

Government will blame it all on the landlords.

What are they expecting, a 50% reduction in rent after landlords have been waiting for possession orders since November 2022? This may be overly optimistic.

Rent prices, evictions and other related matters are influenced by various factors, and reforms alone may not lead to such a drastic decrease. Moreover, if LL's are not part of the equation, the reform bill may become ineffective. LL's with commonsense might choose to sell their properties instead of dealing with burdensome regulations/legislation. Striking a balance between tenant protection and LL interests is crucial for the success of any reforms.