A landlords association has slammed the government's Budget as a nightmare because of its unexpected measures to allow sub-letting.
The small print of the Budget, released after the Chancellor's statement, outlines plans to make it illegal for private sector tenancy agreements to include clauses that prevent the sub-letting of the property.
The measures on sub-letting are a nightmare in the making and smack of back of the fag packet' policy making claims Alan Ward of the Residential Landlords Association.
Key questions remained unanswered such as who will be responsible for a property if the tenant sub-letting leaves the house but the tenant they are sub-letting to stays
Similarly, given the government wants landlords to check the immigration status of their tenants, who would be responsible for checking the status where sub-letting occurs
He says that while more detail on the proposal will emerge in the coming weeks it is difficult to see landlords supporting it.
Comments
This is not good news for the Lettings Industry, only unscrupulous tenants!
This is great news.
So, as far as a council happily scamming landlords for licence fees is concerned, they will ask for licensing fees from the owner landlord and the sub let landlord
Madness!! What will stop someone renting a property, never moving in but just letting it themselves to someone else at a higher rent