New Law A Charter for Anti-Social Tenants

A Government amendment to the Deregulation Bill raises the prospect of landlords being unable to swiftly remove tenants who are failing to pay their rent or committing anti-social behaviour. Under the amendment, landlords would have a Section 21 notice suspended when a tenant makes a written complaint about conditions in a property and a local authority then serves a notice to improve on the landlord. This would make it almost impossible for a landlord to regain possession of their property when a tenant commits anti-social behaviour or fails to pay their rent and the Section 21 notice is served at the same time as the local authority decides to take action on the complaint raised by the tenant. Read more on the Residential Landlords Association website.