Courts Are Failing Landlords And Tenants

Seventy nine per cent of private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties are dissatisfied with the way they work. According to one of the largest ever surveys of landlords and letting agents, 91 per cent of landlords would support the establishment of a dedicated housing court. In a letter to the new Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland MP, the RLA, which conducted the research, has warned that with Ministers pledged to scrap Section 21 ‘no explanation’ repossessions, the courts are simply unable to cope with the increased pressures they will face. Read more on the RLA website.

https://news.rla.org.uk/courts-are-failing-landlords-and-tenants/

Universal Credit Will Double Homelessness In The UK? Yep!

Last week a significant piece of research comparing Universal Credit and Housing Benefit went largely unnoticed. Its findings were alarming and council landlords:

·         Issued 5 x as many possession notices on UC tenants than on HB tenants 

·         Took court action on 4 x the number of UC tenants than HB tenants

·         Evicted 3 x as many UC tenants as HB tenants

·         Saw UC tenant abandonments rise by SIXTEEN TIMES that of HB tenants

Read more on the SpeyeJoe blog.

https://speyejoe2.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/universal-credit-will-double-homelessness-in-the-uk-yep/