Labour Brings in excellent Renter's Rights - long overdue.

bump - am very excited by this, as it affects some young people I know as late as their early 30's who just cannot get out of the rent sector, and have suffered as a result.

Ds and DiL were lucky - in their early 40's, they were able to get jobs and get on the housing ladder just in time.

I agree, Wyllow. My children (early 30s) have managed to buy houses, but only recently, because of high rents to pay someone else's mortgage or give them what is effectively free money. When my daughter's partner gave notice to his landlord it terminated the contract, and the LL told the other tenant that the rent would 'have to' rise as a result, making it unaffordable for him. There is currently a thread on MN about someone evicting a family who has been there for seven years and been good tenants, as the LL's student niece wants to move in. The family has children at school who may have to be disrupted, and presumably the adults work a commutable distance from the property, so the stress and disruption must be awful for them, but they have no comeback and a student doesn't like the accommodation available in her price range and her aunt is willing to turn their lives upside down to keep her happy.

There are many such stories. Now that secure tenancies are rare (since the sale of council houses) vulnerable people are open to exploitation, and there will always be those ready to exploit. Decent landlords needn't be worried, as the new rules are to protect tenants from the bad ones.

Good to hear some positive news.

I’m very glad. I’m aware some single property landlords might not like this and might sell their rented properties, but those large landlords, some of which are very good, some of whom are extremely poor, will just have to out on their big pants and suck it up.

Whilst working, when working alongside family workers and also with recently released prisoners, some of the rentals properties were utterly dire and beyond belief in terms of cost, especially HMOs.

I personally know families who lives were literally torn apart due to “no fault evictions” and I’m glad to see the back of them.

If the legislation results in LLs who don't want to treat tenants fairly selling up, then that's good news. If their houses are bought by LLs who do want to play fairly, tenants will benefit, and if they are bought by people who want to live in them, then that's good news too.

I'm not sure what 'market rate' means in this context. If it means the maximum people will pay, then I think that needs regulation too, as accommodation is a necessity, and people will do without all sorts of other things in order to have it. Basic security shouldn't depend on the market.

Hmmm.

Just look, for a moment, how GB news has presented this good news.

www.gbnews.com/money/landlord-tenants-renters-rights-act

" ‘I’m forced to sell my property as the reforms are highly damaging': Landlord warns tenants will pay the price".

Surprised? No.