AIBU to worry about Section 21 ending causing mass evictions?

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Has anyone noticed mass evictions happening due to the section 21 ending? In may the new law will make it harder for landlords to evict tenants so a lot are evicting tenants now, even good ones.

My friend got a surprise eviction notice yesterday and she is in temporary housing as it is. The neighbours opposite me are also getting evicted. These are no fault evictions.

Where will all these families go?

YANBU as this is exactly what will happen. If only the people who have continually shouted about landlords being the worst and welcome more regulation had the sense to consider what would happen

Landlords run businesses, not charities. The govt has made it most hostile, and those who can/have foresight are going to act in their own best interests via a via the property they own.

The government should have foreseen this, especially given landlords can get preferential rents if they rent to the govt for asylum seekers.

And for the renters - tens will rise (again) and they’ll be chasing an every shrinking rental stock.

You're not wrong. A relative rents out two properties, both inherited by them. A good landlord who keeps the properties in good order , allows changes to be made, doesn't over inflate rental prices, in fact hasn't put the rent up anywhere near what the agent says. But they're going to end the tenancies and sell up because it's just all become such a headaches. 1000s will be doing the same.

YANBU because it is exactly what is going to happen and I don’t think the government really has any kind of plan for where all of those impacted will end up.

Yanbu. As a landlord I issued the Section 21 in Feb and my tenants leave in April, I'll be selling this summer.

It wasn't just the RRB - it had become unviable financially due to the costs involved and the stress of late rent payments every month etc. It looks to be becoming worse and worse for landlords, so I'm on my way out. I feel for the tenants, not sure what the government plan is.

The problem is that there are a very few bad landlords but it's a great news story and there's money to be made in charities that help tenants....so the huge majority of decent landlords who provide housing to those who can't afford to buy, provide a needed service and contribute massively to the economy are being hammered.

The fact that fairness went out of the rental industry years ago and people can rent, not paying a penny, trash the property and walk away scott free months later means that this latest, idiot law which is unnecessary will drive down the number of rentals and increase rents.

For information I do not own any rental property, never have and never will due to seeing problem tenants in the past

Yep, my brother sold his rental. His tenants were able to buy somewhere else and he was already losing money on market rent vs his mortgage so it wasn’t worth the risks of being a landlord. People (especially on here) love to hate private landlords. Now there’ll be far fewer of them so hopefully those people will be happy they got what they wanted 🤷‍♀️

YANBU we’ve had two friends in the last two weeks be given an S21 who have been good tenants for years.

YANBU. I was on another thread about this earlier. One of my colleagues got a section 21 recently. His landlord is selling because of the changes and he's struggling to find somewhere else to rent.

It's all very well some people waffling on about ending the "landlord era" and "longer term future" but what about now? This change has been introduced without a current alternative for many renters. There's a massive social housing shortage and loads of renters aren't in a position to buy.

It was so obvious what would happen.

Landlord here (I feel like a good one? Fix any issues same day / allow changes / understanding with rent arrears) and I am now s21 evicting my wonderful, kind Tennants. I am losing approx £200 a month on the business as it was my home that I rented out when I moved in with my boyfriend / now DH. 4 out of the 6 flats in my block are now for sale, all previously rented to young nurses / doctors who work at the hospital nearby. It’s such a shame as a lot of those staff are only here temporarily- so need rented accommodation. I was never in it for the money, just didn’t want to pay the extortionate redemption fees on my long term mortgage. But c’est la vie, the bank wins and the NHS staff lose.

We’ve kept one and sold the rest. We had a tenant totally trash a place - think dogs urinating on wooden floors, windows smashed and kitchen totally destroyed. There was nothing we could do and they just did a runner. Insurance only paid out a tiny amount - cost us nearly 10k. Some tenants are great but a bad one cqn totally destroy a home and there is no recourse.

I’m not a landlord but if I was, it’s exactly what I’d be doing, before selling up and getting out of the sector entirely.

There are clearly some god awful landlords out there but I do think they’ve all been demonised, and so the baby is now going out with the bathwater.

Not surprising - even ten years ago it was barely worth it.

My sister rented her house out while they in turn rented a place to live in the location they were relocating to.

Her tenants (a doctor, mind!!) trashed the place. Didnt pay and apparently got away with it. Cost her about £10k

2 of my colleagues are in this situation. One lady who is single is moving in with her sister who owns her house but lives further away, and another younger girl is moving back home with her parents with a view to saving up for her own place.
Both landlords are selling up as are many others.

My neighbours sister and husband and 2 kids are in a rental and they have also had an eviction notice but they’re hanging out for some social housing as there is some new ones going up near them but if they don’t get one of those I don’t know what their plan is because there is so few rental properties about now, they’ll probably end up in emergency housing like lots of other people.

we rented for years I really feel for all
these people.

This, when the rhetoric is “how dare you expect to be paid the rent!! We won’t pay, but expect same day repairs etc” and landlords are being told well meh! Your tenants are getting housing benefit, you are an evil bastard for expecting rent to be paid! Why on earth would anyone be a landlord these days!

It was certainly predictable - most landlords have shit to deal with and it’s the last straw

We've been given a S21 in Feb and are struggling massively to find somewhere to go. We'll probably end up miles away and I'll have to drive the DC to school and back every single day, because I refuse to move either of them (DD is Y7 and has settled beautifully, DS is Y3 and the school have been wonderful since DD started there).

We've lived here for 10 years. Always paid our rent. Kept the place as nice as possible. Reported any issues but not taken the piss with it. Put up with the damp as the landlord didn't think it was "that bad".

And now we've got to spend hundreds, potentially more, moving house. We've got to disrupt our kids, possibly move them away from their friends. Maybe we'll get a house just around the corner, but it's not looking likely as there's so many of us in the same boat. What if we can't get anything? We have to throw ourselves on the council, who are struggling to house everyone as it is.

I know it was always a risk of renting but it's still a horrible thing to have to go through.

It’s horrible @CoodleMoodle and you are exactly the tenants who are being fucked over, this new legislation only serves to protect the shitty renters!

We've given notice with one of our tenants who we aren't 100% sure about.

We've also had to take legal action twice against tenants who left without fully paying rent and another who's deposit didn't cover the cost of damage to the property.

It’s really concerning, I know three people who rent, and two have been served notice, both landlords selling.

two things will happen, firstly there will be a shortage of properties to rent, and secondly big companies will buy them up and fill the breach and rents will increase hugely.

it’s going to be really tough by the summer for renters.

Yet another spectacular fuck up by Starmer and his clueless mates.
Who woulda thought!!

Why anyone remains a landlord in the UK is crazy to me. The downsides outweigh the upsides.

But, this is what the govt (and many voters) wanted. I do think it would have been kinder to build or buy social housing and switch tenants to that first, but I suppose they were in a hurry.

I’m a good landlord I believe, I haven’t raised the rent alongside the market. It’s in good repair and we’re responsive.
I’m not evicting our good tenants, a family. It feels wrong. They pay rent, they have kids and they’ve been respectful for 5 years so far. I’m not making big money, but I have an asset.

I’m a landlord after buying out my sister when my dad died as I had dreams of maybe someday my childhood home being a home for my kids when they grow up. However after a few years of being a great landlord to very very picky tenants I think I’m done. As I work self employed my tax bill has gone up dramatically and I pay a mortgage so it’s really not worth it. And I worry about the fact that if my life circumstances changed (say I split from my husband) I would not be able to evict tenants to sell house / move in myself

To answer your question OP, they will be put in temporary accommodation, possibly hotel rooms.