Rents Frozen In Scotland From Today

MovingForwards

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6385572/rent-and-rail-fares-frozen-under-cost-of-living-support-package-announced-by-the-scottish-government#latest

(I've not read it)

ProDave

MovingForwards said:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6385572/rent-and-rail-fares-frozen-under-cost-of-living-support-package-announced-by-the-scottish-government#latest

(I've not read it)

From that link:

"There will be a moratorium on evictions until at least 31 March 2023. This means landlords cannot evict tenants for not paying rent. We're checking if there's an end date on this and we'll update this story when we know more. "

So can they evict tenants for other reasons such as the property was formerly the landlords home and they want it back for their own use or to sell it?

born_again

It's crazy..
Perhaps all private landlords in Scotland need to sell these & leave the Government the task of finding all the renters new homes. 

Stubod

..perhaps they should also allow similar rights to landlords that have mortgages to stop payments to their lenders?

..or why not go the whole hog an simply state that as from 20XX being a landlord will be made illegal....job done...

Adam16

Alderbank said:

Adam16 said:

I think the solution isn’t just “Landlords bad. Punish landlords”. 

Its reform. 

If you lent your car to someone, and they didn’t give it back at the end, you’d call the police and report it stolen. How is bricks and mortar any different? 

The difference, and it is a big difference, is that if someone loses the use of a car and becomes car-less, no-one has to replace it.

If a tenant is evicted from their home and becomes homeless, the council often has to rehouse them. Difficult and expensive, especially if they are vulnerable or have children.

But if they aren’t paying for it, the contract is broken. And its not their home. 

Alderbank

Indeed, if they don't pay the rent the contract is broken. But during a moratorium that is of little comfort to the landlord because he can't do anything about it until the moratorium ends.

A basic tenet of housing law is that the rented property is the tenant's home. 

Eldi_Dos

user1977 said:

SeanG79 said:

All good and well freezing rents, is she also gonna force banks to stop increasing mortgage rates or do landlords have to support all the vulnerable whilst the rest is business as usual?

As explained above, that's a job for Liz rather than Nicola.

It saddens me to think it but I can see a time in the not to distant future that a Monarch will not sign a bill that one of the Parliaments or Assemblies has passed.

Adam16

Alderbank said:

Indeed, if they don't pay the rent the contract is broken. But during a moratorium that is of little comfort to the landlord because he can't do anything about it until the moratorium ends.

A basic tenet of housing law is that the rented property is the tenant's home. 

But it is not the tenants property. 

I just think the law should be simple, and both sides of the debate more heavily regulated. 

An industry wide levy, and a quick and efficient regulator. 

If someone isn’t paying, they have broken the contract. At that point a landlord should be able to “notify” the regulator, which starts a 3 month clock. After if more than 3 months arrears is built up, then the regulator automatically gives the landlord an option to issue an eviction notice. The landlord can then chose to go through the normal courts for an arrears, but in the meantime has the benefit of their property back. 

Equally, tenants should be able to submit to the regulator notifications of dispute such as lack of maintenance, etc. Again if landlords fail to submit evidence of rectification within specified time periods, the tenants can be given the right to withhold rent or withdraw from their contract. 

I think its quite wrong to have a moratorium like whats been put forward. It’s essentially just moving the “cost of living” problem from renters, to landlords because “landlords bad” apparently…

ProDave

Eldi_Dos said:

user1977 said:

SeanG79 said:

All good and well freezing rents, is she also gonna force banks to stop increasing mortgage rates or do landlords have to support all the vulnerable whilst the rest is business as usual?

As explained above, that's a job for Liz rather than Nicola.

It saddens me to think it but I can see a time in the not to distant future that a Monarch will not sign a bill that one of the Parliaments or Assemblies has passed.

I think Liz in this context was meant to be Liss Truss.

Eldi_Dos

ProDave said:

Eldi_Dos said:

user1977 said:

SeanG79 said:

All good and well freezing rents, is she also gonna force banks to stop increasing mortgage rates or do landlords have to support all the vulnerable whilst the rest is business as usual?

As explained above, that's a job for Liz rather than Nicola.

It saddens me to think it but I can see a time in the not to distant future that a Monarch will not sign a bill that one of the Parliaments or Assemblies has passed.

I think Liz in this context was meant to be Liss Truss.

I did realize that