Changes to S21 evictions and tenancies

[Fancydancer1934]

Hi All - I'm thinking about letting out an inherited property for maybe 3-5 years. I'm new to this and have just heard about the proposed changes by the government that prevent non fault evictions. Are there any experienced landlords on here? Is this a bad thing for landlords? Will it even go ahead and is the prospect making you thinking of selling up?

It won't make any difference to me. You can still give notice if you need to sell the property or move into it. It's not in a landlord's interest to give notice unless there is a longstanding issue with non payment or something serious (like the tenant I had who moved abroad and decided to sublet the flat without telling me!). Otherwise, you want to keep the tenants as changing is expensive anyway. I just read an article with up to date stats that said only 8% of tenancies end because the landlord gives notice, the rest are all the tenants giving notice.

Thank you. However do you think it is fair to offer a tenancy for a limited time tho? It won't be a forever home.

The proposed changes will ban fixed term tenancies, forcing everyone on to rolling tenancies which by nature are insecure and give the LL more flexibility to evict at short notice.

It’s not fair on all tenants but they do all realise that private renting doesn’t ever get you a forever home. So as a prospective LL, you would need to understand everyone is eyes open to the fact it’s not a forever home.

If you do due diligence or maybe better still ( for a new landlord) get it set up and managed by a good agent, the risk of having to do an eviction should be small. Not wanting to tempt fate but in 9 years with 2 properties I haven’t had to evict. There’s a lot more to being a landlord than this though. I suggest you look at the NRLA and consider doing the landlord fundamentals course for an idea of the legal requirements. I did it as a one day webinar.

Hi everyone,
sorry to jump in on here. I’ve just been given a notice 6A from my landlord. This came straight after they upped the rent by 10% and I went back saying the tenancy agreement says they can only up by a maximum of 8%.
do you think I have a chance of getting this notice overturned?
please advise
thanks