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Can someone in Government look at the number of houses let prior to the Housing Act 1988/96 under the 1977 Rent Act. Then look at how numbers have risen without the risk of having secure/protected tenants in your property? The rental market has checks and balances a plenty at the moment, both sides having protection where it matters. If councils want tenants to have secure homes, they should build them and stop selling them to the occupants. I rent, I have zero hope of owning my own property and no-one is going to sell me a hugely discounted home just because I have lived there and paid rent for a number of years. I move every 3 to 4 years, sometimes because the landlord wants to sell, sometimes because my circumstances change. It is impossible to predict the future even three years hence!

From: Surrey Agent 16 July 2018 10:55 AM

Is this really news to anyone within the industry? We all know you have to wait until there are 2 months of arrears, then serve S8 (and S21 as back up if at the end of the term). Then you wait up to 4 months for a court date, which a canny tenant will delay (and lets not forget that local authorities actually tell tenants to stay put until there is a bailiff waiving an eviction order on the doorstep). Then there is the court fee, solicitors costs, bailiff's costs, you need to change the locks after they go and conduct a check out. All of this without the actual cost of the agents time in terms of preparation of evidence and court appearance. Also, difficult cases will sometime require employing counsel in addition to a solicitor. Add in the lost commission due to the rent arrears and you move way beyond a cost of £2000. Thought should also be spared for landlords as most wont have 6 to 9 months of spare cash sitting around to cover the rent arrears and pay the mortgage. But, of course, no charges should ever be made to a tenant to ensure they are responsible, trustworthy and able to pay the rent ..........

From: Surrey Agent 05 May 2017 13:39 PM

Many insurance companies also decline cover to landlords renting to benefit tenants, for both building and contents, so this would also need to be addressed.

From: Surrey Agent 03 May 2017 09:58 AM

Perhaps the BBC should do a survey of mortgage companies and insurers to establish which of those excludes benefit claimants as tenants.

From: Surrey Agent 10 March 2017 09:33 AM

It should also be noted that a number of mortgage companies and insurers will not accept DSS tenants, so this is outside of the control of the agent.

From: Surrey Agent 03 March 2016 08:15 AM

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