Tent thread

john539

tbs624 wrote: »

Launch of online petition at Westminster tomorrow 10 -12.

Do you think she'll have her pop up tent & young son with her for photo opportunities?

How many times do you reckon the word "charidee" will come up?

Vomit bag at the ready.........

Maybe that's the real idea to rake in some money for her charity as it's in trouble.

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tbs624

john539 wrote: »

Maybe it'll get as many votes as this load of guff (tweet)
http://twitter.com/Ascendergroup

I think he must live on another planet.

He seem like so many "online" marketing/web business folk - they seem to spend all their time validating their existence by setting up little support/standards groups/tribes etc , talking about what they "do" (instead of actually doing it) and designing logos etc whilst they wait anxiously for their next paid job to come in.

We should maybe stop mentioning his descender group on the grounds that we're giving him free publicity

mynameisdave

The non attendance posse is outnumbering the attendees...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/An-end-to-squatters-rights-what-about-homeowners-rights/117128981671368?ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=147080295324523&index=1

SouthCoast

Shelter believes that much more needs to be done to bring rogue landlords to justice and to drive them out for good. In particular, we want to see:

• A zero tolerance approach to rogue landlords by local councils, backed by adequate resources - bringing all local councils up to the standard of the best.
• The ability to ban people from being a landlord for a period of time if they are convicted of an offence related to their behaviour in this role, for instance harassing or evicting tenants illegally.
• Greater transparency and accountability, so that the public are better able to hold local politicians to account for what they are doing to tackle rogue landlords

http://england.shelter.org.uk/what_you_can_do/evictroguelandlords/about_the_campaign

tbs624

Artful has posted up a link to Shelter' s campaign against Rogue LLs in another thread. Some pertinent extracts from the campaign material for your perusal:

A recent survey with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) found that of those officers working on housing enforcement in the private rented sector, nine out of ten had encountered landlords engaging in harassment or illegal eviction,


What does the law say?
Harassment and illegal eviction are criminal offences. Local authorities can prosecute landlords who commit these crimes.


How do rogue landlords escape the law?
Enforcement

The law is not enforced often enough. For example, in 2004 only 26 landlords were convicted or cautioned for unlawful eviction and in 2008, only one person received a custodial sentence under the Protection from Eviction Act.

In Shelter’s recent survey with the CIEH, 66% o f Environmental Health Officers working in the private rented sector said that in their area no landlords had been prosecuted in the last 12 months for failure to comply with an order under the 2004 Housing Act, although over 40% said that under a quarter of such orders issued by their local authority had been complied with.

Resources

Local authorities are faced with many demands on their resources. In Shelter’s survey with the CIEH, lack of staff was cited by 51% of Environmental Health Officers working in the private rented sector as a barrier to bringing more prosecutions against rogue landlords.


We cannot allow rogue landlords to continue getting away with wreaking havoc on tenants’ lives for their own exploitative ends.

A tough programme of action is needed from both national and local Government so that we can rid rogue landlords from the private rented sector for good.

Rebalancing of the law, anyone?

lily_livered

Landlords arrive at Parliament Square ahead of petition launch:

tbs624

lily_livered wrote: »

Landlords arrive at Parliament Square ahead of petition launch:

Now, are they the Suzy B "it's been my own home - I'm making money just like your standard LL but I'm a special princess case" LLs or are they other LLs who (a) don't agree with Ms Butler and her ilk getting preferential treatment but (b) will tag along for the ride because if that lot get a concession, then there's the likelihood that it can be rolled out across the whole of the private rented sector?

RAS

mynameisdave wrote: »

The non attendance posse is outnumbering the attendees...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/An-end-to-squatters-rights-what-about-homeowners-rights/117128981671368?ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=147080295324523&index=1

Ohh. That page seems to be down?

tbs624

RAS wrote: »

Ohh. That page seems to be down?

Try here

No doubt the Argus will update the world on this "very important event" in its usual accurate and bias free manner...

RAS

tbs624 wrote: »

Try here

No doubt the Argus will update the world on this "very important event" in its usual accurate and bias free manner...

Do you think I upset them?:D

Was a real name though.