Rent to Rent

VinceG

Can anyone tell me about Rent to Rent schemes?
Are they legal?

booksurr

can you use google?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jun/29/rent-to-rent-property

and funnily enough the person featured in the article then disappeared 2 months later
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/09/rent-to-rent-disappears-daniel-burton

VinceG

can you use google?

Yeah, thanks for that.
I was after some personal experiences

System

I don't know why its called "morally dubious" by the guardian, its providing housing to people who clearly need it, providing a service

Pixie5740

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

I don't know why its called "morally dubious" by the guardian, its providing housing to people who clearly need it, providing a service

Do people really need hooky, overcrowded HMOs?

Guest101

Yes it's legal

System

Pixie -

. Do people really need hooky, overcrowded HMOs?

If they're paying to rent it then yes they do
What's their alternative? Homelessness?
They're simply not paid enough to rent an entire property themselves and the lack of building means we have to acce

Pixie5740

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

Pixie -


If they're paying to rent it then yes they do
What's their alternative? Homelessness?
They're simply not paid enough to rent an entire property themselves and the lack of building means we have to acce

A proper, licensed HMO which adheres to the relevant fire safety regulations is not the same as a hooky, overcrowded HMO.

System

Red tape restricts the availability of housing, otherwise they'd all comply, if you harm landlords profits they'll flee to other investments, like shares, and while the stock of housing would be higher quality there'd be less of it and stuff anyone who couldn't pay (or the government would have to pay ever higher housing benefit)

People have a choice whether or not to rent these places, and if they still chose to then demonstratably there's an extreme housing shortage that more restrictions isn't going to help

I'd rather we relaxed greenbelt rules than safety standards, but if they think the habitat of owls and doormice is more important than the habitat of people, that will (is) showing itself through market forces

Guest101

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

Red tape restricts the availability of housing, otherwise they'd all comply, if you harm landlords profits they'll flee to other investments, like shares, and while the stock of housing would be higher quality there'd be less of it and stuff anyone who couldn't pay (or the government would have to pay ever higher housing benefit)

People have a choice whether or not to rent these places, and if they still chose to then demonstratably there's an extreme housing shortage that more restrictions isn't going to help

I'd rather we relaxed greenbelt rules than safety standards, but if they think the habitat of owls and doormice is more important than the habitat of people, that will (is) showing itself through market forces

People 'choose' to live there...... Wow, how naive

booksurr

VinceG wrote: »

can you use google?

Yeah, thanks for that.
I was after some personal experiences

it would help if your question was clearer as to what context you are asking about:

personal experiences...
- as the LL letting to the middleman and now finding out the subletting clause has been breached and rent is in arrears?
- as the occupant paying the middleman and now trying to get a deposit back because the LL has found out and is trying to evict?
- as the middleman subletting with / without permission, registering or not registering the tenant deposit?