Shelter Attacks PRS Landlords With
More Bogus Propaganda
The homelessness charity, Shelter are once again targeting private rental sector landlords, with claims of abuse and neglect being aimed at the sector.
Shelter claim that that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from landlords in the past year and the health of 1 Million private rental […]
Shelter Target PRS Landlords Again!
Shelter Attacks PRS Landlords With
More Bogus Propaganda
The homelessness charity, Shelter are once again targeting private rental sector landlords, with claims of abuse and neglect being aimed at the sector.
Shelter claim that that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from landlords in the past year and the health of 1 Million private rental sector tenants have been affected by rogue landlords not doing property repairs or dealing with poor conditions in their rented property, with almost 300,000 parents who rent reporting serious impacts on their children’s health caused by poor property management.
The charity maintain that damp, mould, and bad ventilation in private rented sector properties are causing asthma, allergies, breathing problems and worse among tenants, and they are laying the blame squarely on landlords shoulders.
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Shelter Say Rogue Landlords Are Damaging Tenants Health
New Survey Reckons PRS Properties Are In Such A Poor
State They Affect Tenants Health
According to a newspaper report published in The Independent last week, around 10% of private rental sector tenants have suffered ill health in the last 12 months because they feel that rogue landlords had failed to deal with poor conditions in their rental properties.
Housing and homelessness charity Shelter and British Gas commissioned a survey of 4,500 private rented sector tenants and reckon that poor living conditions are commonplace for tenant families in the UK’s private rented sector.
Around 50% of the tenants surveyed said they had lived in a rental property with damp or mould in the past year, and 20% of tenants said their rented home has electrical hazards, while 17% of tenants reported living with pest infestations including mice, ants and cockroaches.
Campbell Robb, Shelter’s chief executive, said “No family should have to live in a home that puts their health and well-being at risk, let alone face eviction just for asking their landlord to fix a problem. Yet every day, we hear from parents up and down the country living in fear that damp or gas and electrical hazards are putting their children in danger, but feeling powerless to do anything about it. With a bill to end revenge evictions going through parliament next month, we now have a real chance to change the law and protect renting families. We’re calling on people across the country to email their MPs and ask them to vote to end this unfair practice once and for all.”
Have Shelter got their facts wrong?
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The Top 20 Property Turn-Offs
That Are Good News For Property Investors
There are a number of obvious things that can put the general public off buying a property including damp, rotten windows and lack of a garden among the list of deal breakers for potential property buyers.
A survey by popular comparison […]
Property Turn Offs Are Good News For Property Investors
The Top 20 Property Turn-Offs
That Are Good News For Property Investors
There are a number of obvious things that can put the general public off buying a property including damp, rotten windows and lack of a garden among the list of deal breakers for potential property buyers.
A survey by popular comparison website gocompare.com found that 70% of potential property buyers would not buy a property which had damp patches or stained walls or ceilings, 63% were put off by properties in a poor state of repair and 15% were put off by clutter.
Properties with problems are good news for landlords and property investors, as they have experience of rectifying issues in order to turn a profit and problems mean discounted sale prices, allowing equity to be locked into the deal from the start.
Generally, ordinary home buyers are afraid to spend money on issues that they know nothing about, however landlords and property investors can see beyond the solution and realise potential profit by fixing the issues that put off everyday home buyers.
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Is Your Rental Property Safe?
Landlord fined for ignoring dangerous hazards in rental property
The national press have recently reported that a landlord was handed a £2,745 (GBP) legal bill for renting out a dangerous property to tenants, highlighting the need for all landlords and their appointed lettings or property management agents to ensure that their rental property is safe to live in.
According to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC), landlords and lettings agents ignore potentially dangerous and potentially life-threatening hazards all too often.
The AIIC report that the most common dangers found in a rental property are:
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