Government plans to extend the evictions ban could leave private landlords without any rent for up to two years, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). In a letter to the Prime Minister, the NRLA has said that the government is asking landlords to subsidise struggling renters and rewarding those who are wilfully refusing to pay their rent. It is also causing continuing hardship to communities and families suffering anti-social behaviour and domestic violence perpetrated by tenants.
The government has now said that repossession cases on the grounds of rent arrears will not be treated as a priority until tenants have built over a year’s worth of rent debts.
Added to this is the six months’ notice that landlords now have to give. Where the case is disputed, even before the pandemic, courts were taking an average of nearly six months to deal with cases, with the backlog this is now likely to be longer.
SOURCE: Mortgage Introducer
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