Change of law for long term rentals

Colincbayley

franklee wrote: »

Sorry but why would it be two sets of rules? Surely one set of rules that specify what behaviour would lead to eviction? I'm thinking a beefed up and faster Section 8 type thing in return for no Section 21. (Section 8 does allow the LL to evict based on moving back into his old home, for redevelopment etc. as well as for the tenant breaching the agreement like non-payment etc.).

Most of the grounds ( not all ) of a S.8 notice are at the discretion of the court.
Yes it is the tenants home, but it is still the LL's property and as such ( and presumming the LL is a fit and property person ) they should have the right to regain possession of that property when they see fit.

Do bear in mind, that to a LL the property is an investment, how else could that investment mature if they could not sell the property with vacant possession. ( I don't buy into the argument of just selling to other LL's)

ET1976

Colincbayley wrote: »

Do bear in mind, that to a LL the property is an investment, how else could that investment mature if they could not sell the property with vacant possession. ( I don't buy into the argument of just selling to other LL's)

but why would this preclude selling with vacant posession? the only problem I could see with this is if the notice required when evicting a T on the grounds of selling was very long (e.g. 6 months +).

ET1976

Having re-read my posts I realise I haven't made my point very clearly at all - which is that the proposals in the OP seem to make very little difference to tenant security, and at the same time not much difference to LLs either.

The only thing that would change would be that a T cannot be asked to leave without a good reason (one of the 3 above). Are LLs really in the habit of randomly kicking people out at the end of their AST without legislation to prevent them doing so? Surely the only reason to do so would be to get rid of a bad tenant. Otherwise the LL would surely want the T to stay on long term? Perhaps I'm not in touch with other LL's practises!

out_of_cash

it would be a real good idea that whoever gets in goverment next spends about a £trillion on council housing for the whole of england as there is a huge problem,i live in the south east and there is a 7 year minimum wait if you want to have a council house for example and only if you have special criteria/circumstances private rents are huge even for a 1 bed apartment its absolutely ridiculous situation that if you cant afford to rent you will be in a shoe box under a bridge.As for the 6mths and more than likely your on your bike i totaly agree is mental but thats just how they have built the system in this country to much money spent on handouts to good causes and banks.lol.