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Jon Wilson

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Passionate about homelessness and PRS

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15 years working in housing sector

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Fake news perchance?

From: Jon Wilson 24 July 2020 11:07 AM

Mmm let me guess your favourite word is......feckless?

From: Jon Wilson 26 May 2020 22:05 PM

Good to see mention of AIIC again 😂

From: Jon Wilson 06 March 2020 09:48 AM

I would be interested to see an analysis of these factors for the poorest 20%

From: Jon Wilson 06 March 2017 13:22 PM

I read this as 'tenants demand slides' Visions of London renters going upstairs and coming down via a slide !!

From: Jon Wilson 21 January 2017 09:29 AM

Well they do : http://m.england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/private_renting/about_private_renting/tenants_responsibilities Whereas I agree that more could be done to educate tenants and support them by a range of organisations it still doesn't excuse a landlord breaking the law. There is very little enforcement this is why it's pretty easy to get away with it. I'm sure the decent landlords (which are the majority) rarely have to worry about LA enforcement because they usually give a chance for wrongs to be righted. It's only the very worst offenders they would go hard after. (The kind of landlord s who would never be reading articles like this anyway!) It's good to hear RLA. And NLA talk about this.

From: Jon Wilson 26 September 2016 18:13 PM

Not a bad idea in principle. However, I don't pretend to know a great deal about credit scoring, but would thee be a downside to this for tenants struggling with payments in that it could have an adverse effect? Would it be compulsory for tenants of landlords using the agent mentioned above?

From: Jon Wilson 03 September 2016 12:24 PM

Ooh let that be a warning to you!

From: Jon Wilson 21 August 2016 12:28 PM

Seems like a let off to me!?

From: Jon Wilson 10 August 2016 18:18 PM

Thanks for that informed response Bob. You referred to recent legislation and I wondered if you could specify which legislation?? It's not a test I'm genuinely interested as I have encountered this scenario in a professional capacity a few times.

From: Jon Wilson 16 June 2016 22:58 PM

The interesting part of this case being that it was an illegal eviction because to my mind by the granting of exclusive occupation to the sub tenant this was legally a 'tenancy' . I could be wrong and there's no other point to my comment but to ponder if in actual fact he was a landlord by default by legal definition. Interesting but awful scenario (for the victim especially)

From: Jon Wilson 29 May 2016 17:18 PM

I'm no expert on UC, but as far as I'm aware it can be requested to have what they call 'Alternative Payment Arrangement' on the same basis it can be done with local Housing Benefit offices. I've not heard any evidence on how this works in practice in comparison to direct payments as they work with local HB offices. I could foresee problems as the DWP will be administering HB/LHA 'centrally'. Any one had any experience of direct payments under Universal Credit to share?

From: Jon Wilson 27 April 2016 10:41 AM

There should be more done to help people who need it to find affordable housing before notice periods expire. Simple in theory but not it seems in practice because rents are very high and there are not enough other options. Homelessness law could be more progressive such as in Wales and could go even further. Unfortunately at present there are not enough incentives and initiatives to help landlords and agents accommodate the growing number of lower income tenants coming into the market. As a housing adviser I must say that I don't think it's helpful to advise a tenant to remain inactive when given notice and there usually is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if they do so. I don't wish to be controversial and I value all the info I get receiving this bulletin (which is considerable in its scope and interest) but there is a growing housing crisis and it seems UK government policy is just ignoring it effectively and is contradictory in many ways.

From: Jon Wilson 25 March 2016 00:02 AM

90% unable to define a HMO?! I'm amazed that 10% could!

From: Jon Wilson 25 January 2016 22:57 PM

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