MSE News: Three-year minimum tenancies could be introduced for renters

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Three-year tenancies could be introduced in a bid to give renters more long-term security, the Government has announced...
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You can have this now, if you can find a LL bold enough to sign it. So what is going to change to make it more attractive to LLs. I assume the 6 months break clause is for the tenant only, otherwise it's all pointless.
As a LL I'm all for a long tenancy but as a parent of a uni child who only requires accommodation for 8 months of the year I'm not so keen.
Not everyone wants to put down roots and sometimes they grow out of the property they rent or move jobs and areas.
I currently have 1 3 year tenancy,1 12 month tenancy and 3 on rolling simply because that is what my current sets of tenants feel suit them.
Each of them initially started on a 6 month and the combinations I now have were all instigated by them.
One size never fits all.
out S 34 T 9 F 23 FF 4
2017-32 2018 -33 2019 -21 2020 -5 2021 -4 2022
But OTHER tenants want the flexibility of somewhere they can move from fairly quickly & cheaply, without long lock periods or buying/selling costs due to moving area / changing chosen housemate / moving in with partner / getting away from a bad LL..
This proposal and other recent regulation have simply made me become more business like and hard nosed. Rent tends to be reviewed more regularly and increased rather than allowed to stay the same, a shame for my tenants because rents and house prices at the lower end of the market have increased a lot around my area in the past few years.
I can foresee it becoming very hard for some tenants to find property now, there is simply no scope for a landlord to take any kind of risk when they are forced into 3 year tenancy contracts where they have to rely on a flawed court system and the s8 process.
If and when my next tenant moves on i may be inclined to sell rather than deal with regulation which offers Landlords nothing in return.
Just curious!
That is why it got very hard for anyone to find anywhere to rent. Landlords left the market as soon as they could.