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Renters evicted as landlords act before law changes – BBC Newsnight
UK government figures released today show the number of households in temporary accommodation in England was over 105,000 at the end of March – the highest figure since records began in 1998.
The housing charity Shelter says that record numbers of people in private rented accommodation are becoming homeless in England.
That’s partly as a result of a clause in the Housing Act – Section 21 – which gives landlords in England the power to evict a tenant with two months notice without having to give a reason.
The Government wants to end this and has committed to change the law, but the Bill didn’t make it through Parliament before the summer recess.
Newsbeat’s Sam Gruet has been looking into this for Newsnight.
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Masked men have been filmed attacking Palestinians harvesting olives near the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah.
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Prosecutors say Serhii Kuznetsov played a leading role in a team of saboteurs that destroyed the pipelines, accusing him of a war crime. His defence has called for the case to be dismissed.
The case is highly sensitive in Germany, seen as one of Ukraine’s closest allies since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, seven months before the attacks took place.
Extradited to Germany last year, Kuznetsov denies the charges, as does a second suspect who is fighting extradition from Croatia.
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Nato is preparing for a new era of warfare, combining cheaper weapons deployed at scale with tougher air defences, one of its most senior commanders has told the BBC’s The Security Brief.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Johnny Stringer said NATO was drawing lessons from Ukraine, combining its sophisticated, expensive weapons with cheaper systems that can be deployed in far greater numbers.
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The Cairngorms National Park is home to a quarter of the UK’s rare and endangered species.
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@ewanfraser
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
She’s RENTED a place for 4 years and is crying like she owns the place and lost it in a fire. It’s not your home, you are just borrowing it.
@kittygianelli6731
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
“Renters”? If they ain’t paying, they’re freeloaders. The house was bought by someone else, maintained by someone else,taxes paid by someone else….that someone else has the right to not have freeloaders live there
@michaelh370
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I'm sure the purple hair can find a job easy
@natusya9944
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
See how gov screws You over
@trancedrifter
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
ultimate cringe
@Maciejowicz
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
ramona LOL
@boxingtruth2167
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Government are absolutely clueless
There is a MASS exodus of landlords!
Then what happens?
Less property available = higher rents and more homeless people……THE CLUELESSNESS is on an epic level
Why would anyone invest in property to lose money?
WAKE UP PEOPLE
please stop asking renters things
They don’t understand
@boxingtruth2167
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Cry me a river!
Sh*t goes up in price!
Government don’t know what they are doing!
Landlords have had enough!
Now EAT the results you clowns ….what do u expect
@ramenlover334
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Stop supporting holiday homes. Use hotels or old guest houses.
@junioreis2009
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
it's clear at this point that no one in the government cares about renters, we just don't matter.
@premkumar-gw9qi
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
In India, rental income is just fraction of monthly mortgage payment, generally just 40% or less of the monthly payment, the rest paid from landlord pocket. The idea is monthly payment is not expense its paying off for your asesst. So saying rent should be above mortgage payment is wrong and obsure. If rent control is their, only people with deep pocket and dont want to invest in risky investment will be landlords and get rich quick people leave the field for good. Also in such case, law should be landlord friendly like easy eviction process, lesser propert tax etc
@peterdale7896
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
We sold our last Buy-to-let property yesterday. We were in the letting market for 23 years. We were professional landlords with great tenants. The charity 'Shelter' were instrumental in our decision to exit this area of business. Shame on them.
@D.J.Trump2024MAGA
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Maybe rather than renting, you should buy your own place. Oh wait, you do not want to work and rely on taxpayers to keep yourself up. Buy a tent or live in your car.
@D.J.Trump2024MAGA
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I would never rent to anyone with Purple hair to beging with.
@fleabag2mr.151
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Rent control never works and reduces the number of rentals, always. Supply and demand dictate rent prices not government.
@TommyLawton-vy4tp
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Forced to leave because one of them is a DIY trans calls himself “Ramona” how cringe
@mw4507
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
all this legislation is going to do nothing but make rent less affordable for tenants and more risky for landlords. Eliminate no fault evictions, eliminate rent control. You can have no durable society without protections for private property ownership.
@op774
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
The the guy with the purple hair is Daisy? Lol
@Frank.112
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
It looks like the Conservative Party couldn't care less about tenants.
@gpo746
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Mortgage rises which a landlord has to find has to be passes on to the end user. The landlord is there to made a living not as a charity to provide cheap high quality accommodation.
Government legislation with new EPC standards is coming in soon so landlords are obliged to conform and make properties at least EPC "C" rated.
I know a landlady that has just spent £2k+ in getting a property up to this new EPC standard. The property suffered from Black mould, why? Because the tenants that had been there nearly 10 years NEVER ventilated the house and dried all their washing on the radiators . Before that she NEVER had a problem with black mould in that property .
That was just ONE property
People are moaning and griping about renting , but you can get a mortgage for about the same cost . Why not buy then? £650 a month rent or the same on a mortgage ? its a no brainer to me ! .
£10K can be saved for a deposit fairly easily especially if there are 2 of you and you don't get the latest of everything and have everything on a contract (phones/netfilx etc) .
@landlord5552
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
buy your own then…
@Neil-pv8pw
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Ironic all the commies in brighton are being booted out by daddy government the very thing they support
@lynnewilliams542
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
should have agreed to the 12% increase. landlords have to recoup expenses. we are not a charity
@chalmers1984
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Scum landlords
@nhanvu4185
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Build more and stop right to buy.
@Uno-1968
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I hope alot of the greedy landlords get stung proper hard in their pockets. The crash is coming 4 sure 😂😂😂😂
@lammikins
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Purple haired person should work on personal hygiene as well as posture.
@justjones5430
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I have no sympathy here.
Prices have risen due to inflation, yet these people expect the Landlord to cover All of that cost.
Seems very selfish to me.
Buy Your Own Property Then!
Oh, but you can't because it's really expensive.
Yeah. No Shit Sherlock!
No wonder people are no longer willing to rent their properties.
Air B&B is the way forward guys.
Leave the ponces to deal with the Council. 😊
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
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December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
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@avrilroberts42
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I have a section 21, My landlord has given them to ALL his tenants and there are many of us and he is selling up and getting out. So that is a significant amount of families all looking for the same size rentable properties in the same area at the same time and rents are going sky high, many have moved north away from their families, jobs and support to an unknown future. This country's housing is a mess.
@BaxterB1641
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
I understand renters think capping will protect them while renting. It won't. I'm sorry but the landlord will just end the lease after the expiration date and not renew. Then re-rent for a higher price after the current tenant exits. I understand young people might not know this but if you're renting a space it is up to you to educate yourself on such items. You're borrowing for an allotted time. Landlord want to preserve a profit line. They know it needs to be affordable for renters and keep them above water. If they don't make money they won't rent the property and sell it off which cause rent to increase because of a housing shortage. Government thinks they help a lot of time when it comes to affecting rent when they really hurt renters.
@harmonyqueue
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
The thing about negotiations is that taking a hard position often means terminating the agreement.
On the 12% increase, I wouldn't have gone in with a firm no. I would've countered with a step-wise offer: I can meet you on the 12% increase if you can do a 5% increase for the first month, 8% on month 2, 10% on month 3, and then 12% on month 4 and forward, no backpay, so I have time to work the additional cost into my monthly budget. If the backpay is of serious concern to the landlord, I'd agree to pay it on the remaining months of the lease if they can just show me on paper that they're already in the red ahead of a new lease term.
@martinspeer262
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
We need a rent cap like in other parts of Europe and, ideally, the state becoming the provider of housing and acting as the landlord. This private model is failing people left, right and centre
@user-dw1ls3rp1l
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Demand is already high, but you want to live in a touristy spot with an ocean view? It's even higher. Be prepared to pay.
@epiphanyx3705
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Dear Daisy, you need a man not a boy with dyed hair.
@kamilareeder1493
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
How are you supoosed to build stability in your early twenties when you constantly have to move around due raising rent and give up more of your income to do it 😢
@iamlegend68
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
The vast majority of landlords are struggling due to interest rate hikes on their mortgages which then gets passed on to the tenant. Yes, there are some that try and take advantage of tenants but most smaller landlords are struggling themselves. It's a vicious cycle. The issue is with interest rates on mortgages. After the fixed period, it reverts to variable rates that are in-line with the market which will usually be higher than the fixed rates at the start of the mortgage.
@AnthonyMonaghan
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Stop the world…I want to get off.
@chazzerbox131
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Think it would help if mortgage were at least 12 years or maybe longer work better for renters and worker better for buyers
@SpeakohYid
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
😂😂😂😂 losers
@Austrian_blood
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Whats a Section 21?
@hersdera
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
For newbies, be aware that this is a grossly oversimplified scenario. For one thing, you can't get a mortgage on an investment property without at least 25% down payment. Two, it's easy to see comps for house purchase prices, but it takes a lot of research to understand the comps on rent prices. The trick is to find a place where renting is more expensive than buying, but those places are less common because of this very type of scenario. Three, you have to remember that rent number he's using is supposed to be net income, not gross. So you have to think about costs for taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy when you're researching investments. All that said, real estate investing is a good tool for wealth accumulation. But it isn't foolproof.
@gd7209
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
being a landlord is no longer worth it, its been getting worse for years now. Less landlords = higher rents you will pay!
@robtheplod
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
The price to pay when the Government punishes landlords, forgetting they have taken up the slack from the lack of council housing as a result of poor Government decisions….. extreme un-joined up thinking.
@ghostdemon7936
December 23, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Landlords like to llay the "big I am" and profit from renting out their properties. My experience with private renting is negative. My landlord refused to install central heating. The place was damp and mould was rife as i couldn't significantly heat the property. Luckily he keased the property to the local council and i rented feom then directly. They had to enforce gim to install the hesting or i would have been evicted. He always pushed the limits. Horrible man.
If you can't do the right thing and work within the law, don't properties to let.
If it wasn't for the loval council and their standards of what properties shoild include the little imbocile would have got away with not inetalling central heating for longer. I hated that landlord. He was a tosser. Loving it up in France while abusing the rent money i paid because he couldn't be bothered to comply with housing standards until forced.