Property Hawk is only a supporter of some of the more worthwhile petitions. We have set up a few ourselves which we felt passionately about:
1. Saving the buy-to-let mortgage
2. Our petition against the landlord licence
There is plenty of opportunity to sign petitions against regulation, legislation on the e-petitions website.
More interesting petitions:
1. Allowing direct payment of the universal credit to landlords
My understanding is that the idea of universal credit is that it includes all benefits not just the former housing benefit which would necessitate the landlord having to give back a fair chunk maybe highlights that BTLexpert is not as sharp as they think?
2. Compulsory testing of electrical devices in rental homes
Why just rental homes. Should tenants be afforded greater protection than owner occupiers...interesting?
3. Reintroduce the Fair Rent Act to lower the Housing Benefit Bill.
Interesting ...as a tax payer I'm all for reducing benefit bills but we do know that rental regulation will ultimately force landlords out of the rental business and lower investment into the sector which would then require direct public sector investment into housing in the form of additional social housing.
Do you have a an idea for a petition. Something that you thing strongly that Property Hawk should campaign for in the rental sector. Post your ideas below.
Landlord insurance - expert brokers
My petition would be for the DWP to deduct money from a benefit claimant's welfare benefits to pay off former tenant rent arrears (inc' charges for damage, cleaning, etc, and other contractually agreed costs), indefinitely until such time as all the debt to the (former) landlord has been paid in full. This is currently done for Magistrate Court fines and compensation, so it is only fair that it is also done for debts owed to former landlords.
ReplyDeleteMy petition would be for a faster eviction of tenants, once the section 21 notice period expires.
ReplyDeleteCurrently the whole process takes 5 months, which is a very stressful period for landlords.
And invariably, tenants damage the property during this period.