The National Landlords Association has warned that evicting council house tenants who took part in the recent riots may shift the problem of anti-social behaviour into the private rented sector.
It says there are currently no tenant checks which will show up if tenants were forced to leave social housing because of their part in the riots.
David Salusbury, chairman of the NLA, said: “The NLA is concerned that these evictions will simply move these problem tenants into the private rented sector.
“There is currently no system in place for private landlords to perform background checks on tenants exiting social housing, leaving them ill-equipped to manage their tenancies effectively.
“Local authorities cannot deal with the problem of anti-social behaviour by expecting private landlords to blindly absorb convicted tenants.
“It’s difficult to see how this initiative will resolve the deeper problem of anti-social behaviour.”
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So in response to the two best ever questions used for referencing purposes the LAs are going to lie are they? I appreciate it will probably take so long to get a reference out of a local authority if indeed they give them at all (even if requested to by the prospective PRS tenant applicant) that the agent will probably give up, but here are the two questions:-
"Has the tenant always paid their rent oin time and in full"
"Would you grant another tenancy to this tenant"