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Landlords delighted with MPs’ Report on PRS

Landlords are today welcoming proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector, following the release of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee’s report on the Government’s planned changes to the market.

In its report, the Committee warns, “It is not clear whether the Government fully appreciates the extent to which an unreformed courts system could undermine its tenancy reforms.”

Whilst the report calls for the development of a specialist housing court, it sets out how, at the very least, measures are needed to considerably speed up the time it takes for the courts to process legitimate possession cases. Specifically, it states how matters relating to rent arrears or anti-social behaviour require a swift response from the courts.

The Committee report concludes:

All forms of anti-social behaviour by tenants should be mandatory grounds for possession, even if a criminal conviction has not been made. Suitable guidance for the courts should be developed to ensure such cases are dealt with swiftly and with certainty about the outcome.
Student tenancies should be exempt from plans to make every tenancy open-ended. It warns that the Government’s current plans “could make letting to students considerably less attractive to private landlords, as the student market mirrors the academic year and benefits greatly from 12-month fixed tenancies.”
That “the most serious challenge currently facing many private renters is neither security of tenure nor housing conditions, but the high cost of renting caused by the housing crisis.” Mirroring the NRLA’s calls ahead of the Budget, the Committee recognises the value of private landlords by calling on the Government to: “review the impact of recent tax changes in the buy-to-let market with a view to making changes that make it more financially attractive to smaller landlords.”
For benefit claimants: “The real issue is twofold: there are not enough homes for rent, and local housing allowance rates have not kept pace with the market in recent years.” The Committee calls on the Government to unfreeze housing benefit rates to ensure they cover average rents.

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