To accept tenants with DLA?

[thatverynightinmaxsroom]

I'm a LL of an inherited property, not a professional landlord, and I'm really very ignorant about this.

I've been asked if I'd accept a tenant whose rent would be paid directly by DLA.

Is there any reason I wouldn't or shouldn't accept?!

could you not put the flat on the market and tell the estate agents that you want to vet the prospective purchasers, then you could make sure you were selling it to an owner-occupier rather than landlord?

Why would anyone tell you. They are under absolutely no obligation to or even to tell you the truth.

@quercuscircus - yes and no. In my particular case, I bought my house to live in it. Lived in it for a while. Had to relocate to work. Would not have been able to afford to buy a house in my new area, so hung on to my old house (whilst renting a cheaper, less nice house, in a house share rather than on my own) by kept on to my house either to sell when I was able to afford to buy in my new area, or to hang on to long term to retire to in the event that I could never afford to buy in my new area (I now live in London). I had to supplement my mortgage from my own salary, and still paid income tax on my rental income on top of that every year, plus paid CGT on the profits of sale. I'm arguably in a worse position than someone who only owns one property and lives in it, because of all the tax I've paid out. I really don't see what I did as opportunistic or taking advantage of the housing shortage at all or profiteering out of it. I did what I had to to make sure that the equity I had built up in my property from the years of paying my mortgage on that property, and the little one bed flat I'd had before it, didn't go down the drain as a result of the sheer bad luck of having to relocate during a property crash, and I did what I had to do to make sure that when I eventually do retire I'll have a roof over my head. I haven't taken advantage of anyone or treated anyone unfairly. I'm not part of the problem here. If you want to talk about why there's a housing shortage, let's talk about foreign investors buying up property then leaving it empty as a long term investor. They are far more of a problem than I am.

Yes there are undoubtedly people who have it a lot worse than me, I don't doubt that, but I'm not going to feel guilty about what I've done because I haven't done anything wrong at all. And I'm not about to sit around taking it whilst ransoms on the internet variously accuse me of making someone homeless (a lie), being disgusting money grabbing scum (also a lie), wishing bankruptcy on me (classy) or accusing me of being part of the reason we have a housing problem in this country and profiteering out of the housing shortage.

Why would anyone tell you. They are under absolutely no obligation to or even to tell you the truth.

Exactly this.

We out it on the market once before. The only people interested were local ll's. We live in a town on middle of nowhere. The people who can afford to buy tend to save a bit longer and buy a house and the folks in the flats tend to rent as they can't afford to buy or don't intend to stay here long term.

I do hope one day that my tenants will win a few pounds on the lottery and can buy it - they say that too.

I despise anything that means the rich have access to better services based on having money. It creates a divide

Are you really posting on this forum from a computer in a public library then? You must spend a lot of time there if you are...

If not, then presumably you have purchased a computer or been given one, and purchased internet access or been given it. Both of those being things that someone poorer than you might not be able to afford. Ten years ago, I couldn't afford those luxuries - I could barely afford enough food.

Do you despise yourself for enjoying an internet service which others can't afford?

Or a cheap phone and topped up data? But thanks for ever so facetiously missing my point completely Beatrix