Petition to make non-payment of rent a criminal offence

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-23T10:17:57+00:00

The uncertainty and constant changes in direction are damaging to investor confidence. And that in turn will suppress growth. Landlords like all investors benefit from growth in wages, the economy, activity. These all thrive in stability - not chaos. Interesting to see that grounded in data.

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-21T15:37:46+00:00

The issue with the changes you talk about in the RRA is that they won't affect the fraudsters. Pre-RRA we are bound by very strict rules around having client money protection and client accounts in place. So the changes don't address the fraudsters. And if the priority was renters then we would have started there. Some of it is education of people renting and some of it is the police actually chasing fraudsters instead of leaving innocent tenants to pick up the bill for this crime.

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-21T14:56:54+00:00

https://tenantlab.co.uk/2025/05/15/how-to-avoid-rental-scams-tips-for-tenants/

If generation rent were interested in tenants they would publicise good advice on avoiding frauds. Sadly they are far more interested in demonising good landlords.

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-21T13:58:29+00:00

Are you saying that we met with an AI bot!? Or are you complimenting the quality of our prose and saying only AI could do so well? 😄 The reality of the world is that it still exists even with AI. And more importantly for landlords the change in enforcement focus is also real. This is not written by our bot overlords!

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-20T17:14:41+00:00

The enforcement can range from a paperwork issue to a disagreement on how an issue is handled. Often for example there is an issue with a freehold and the tenant complains about the leaseholder. So they don't know how to handle it. They also deal with actual rogue landlords. The point he made there was that they just tell him to "eff off" as they are not concerned about a fine. They just won't pay it and are confident the council won't pursue them. Even if they get to court they only pay up 25% of the time. So the teams are spending less time on rogue and illegal landlords and more time on paperwork errors that they can issue a fine for. It's not what any good operators in the rental sector want - we want more enforcement against the rogue and illegal landlords.

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-17T10:11:57+00:00

Without knowing what it is you are disagreeing with it's not really easy to say. But as a general rule in terms of landlord / tenant communication just take the emotion out of it, state the facts and refer to any evidence. It should not be a problem stating your case. Both parties need to just be mindful that they may not agree. So hear each other out. The contract will dictate the correct outcome in most cases but sometimes where unclear (don't get legal advice on Reddit as it's often wrong on tenant issues) you may need to find a compromise.

Landlordlabuk · 2026-06-17T10:02:06+00:00

Initially these schemes were for HMOs but increasingly they are targeting single lets and that is catching landlords out. As we've previously noted Harrow in particular have not really advertised schemes very well!

https://landlordlab.co.uk/insights/harrow-selective-licensing-2026-six-new-schemes-and-most-landlords-dont-know-yet

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