Why no DSS/LHA ?

bifold

flappy_mcwarbucks wrote: »

So, if you're a landlord that has a working person in your flat, but looses their job. Are you then going to kick them out, because instantly they turn into bad tenants?



And i suppose that people on benefits are all dirty, filthy animals?

There are a lot of assumptions flying around on this thread. And you know what they say about people with assumptions...

There are some very nice people on benefits that dont work ME:D and I am very clean,Sadly I dont meet my own letting requirements:rotfl:

flappy_mcwarbucks

Sadly I dont meet my own letting requirements

Do you turn yourself down?

do you have a conversation (and no doubt an argument) with yourself. it could turn into a tommy cooper sketch.

chris_m

flappy_mcwarbucks wrote: »

do you have a conversation (and no doubt an argument) with yourself.

Having a conversation or an argument with oneself isn't too bad - the time to worry is when you lose the argument

bifold

flappy_mcwarbucks wrote: »

Do you turn yourself down?

do you have a conversation (and no doubt an argument) with yourself. it could turn into a tommy cooper sketch.

Yes sat myself down and pointed out the perils of depending on a wicked landlord,Got myself in a headlock called the police and now looking forward to some jucy compo:cool:

kaych

don't want to generalize, but thinking that if you have to pay for something yourself, you tend to take more care of it than if you got it for 'free'...

Mrs_Z

No, I would not kick out a person who has lost their job and consequently had to claim benefits as long as the rent was paid on time and the place looked after.

Equally, I think there are loads of nice people on benefits who take pride how they look after their rented homes and have their rent paid on time without problems.

I used to work for a housing association and I know from experience what a pain it was dealing with people on benefits and rent arrears due to housing benefit delays, etc. I have a mortgage to pay on the property, I'm working full time myself and I haven't got the time or the will to get involved in delays with housing benefit or whatever. Therefore I'm not interested in letting the place to anyone who is not in full time employment at the time of letting. There are plenty of landlords that take DSS, but those are not my target tenants. Sorry.

LadyMorticia

When I've claimed HB in the past I've always treated the home as if I worked and paid. A home is still a home, regardless of whether HB is paying for it or your wages.
It's a shame that the minority on HB who do have attitude problems and problems paying make it harder for the rest of us who aren't like that.

I don't claim HB anymore because I moved in with family but when the time comes that I need to claim again I will still treat the home as if I worked to pay for it.

tco03

I know a few landlords that let out to council funded tenants and generally they stop paying after a while, the debt builds up then they beggar off trashing the house beforehand.
The last one i helped in repair in Wednesbury, they had punched all the doors in, ripped sections of wallpaper and even smashed the fireplace to pieces.
Definitely high risk, even when vetted beforehand... i would avoid

LadyMorticia

tco03 wrote: »

I know a few landlords that let out to council funded tenants and generally they stop paying after a while, the debt builds up then they beggar off trashing the house beforehand.
The last one i helped repair, they had punched all the doors in, ripped sections of wallpaper and even smashed the fireplace to pieces.
Definitely high risk, even when vetted beforehand... i would avoid

Bloody hell!

It's people like them who give genuine claimants a bad name.

I claim benefits because I am disabled and can't work.

I wouldn't ever have the energy to trash a place, even if I wanted to!

flappy_mcwarbucks

tco03 wrote: »

I know a few landlords that let out to council funded tenants and generally they stop paying after a while, the debt builds up then they beggar off trashing the house beforehand.
The last one i helped repair, they had punched all the doors in, ripped sections of wallpaper and even smashed the fireplace to pieces.
Definitely high risk, even when vetted beforehand... i would avoid

Bloody nora.

I would say that's more the exception then the rule. But it's sad to say that even people who are working do this as well.

I used to help my old landlord out with his properties (showing tenants around, doing odd jobs about the properties etc, before he passed away) and we had allsorts in there. We never had anything as bad as that. But you do get people who are working taking equally the p_iss as someone who is not working.

I recall one case, of where this one tenant (who used to work on the markets) would come back and rattle about (we had complaints) he was already a month or so behind on his rent. I was sent round to ask him to keep it down, and he agreed. but he never complied. The next day both myself and the landlord popped round to do a few chores, and he went to have a chat with this person in question. A few knocks on the door and a few choice words screamed out the landlords mouth.

Turns out the bloke had been hiding stuff under the floor boards, and during the night up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

Really was quite bizarre.