{"id":106095,"date":"2019-04-15T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-fault-eviction-of-tenants-must-end-but-beware-unintended-consequences-simon-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:03:55","slug":"no-fault-eviction-of-tenants-must-end-but-beware-unintended-consequences-simon-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-fault-eviction-of-tenants-must-end-but-beware-unintended-consequences-simon-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No-fault\u2019 eviction of tenants must end. But beware unintended consequences | Simon Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe government is right to curtail landlords\u2019 section 21 powers. But too much regulation could end up hurting the poorestTheresa May\u2019s government can get some things right. The curtailment of landlords\u2019 power to evict tenants for no reason with only eight weeks\u2019 notice has been rejected by Labour and Tory ministers for decades. Now the proposed abolition of \u201csection 21\u201d evictions should free landlords from being seen as heartless exploiters, and tenants as worthless transients, endlessly complaining.Europe\u2019s maddest housing market should be brought closer to its sanest, Germany, where 55% of people enjoy secure and mostly happy private tenancies, for an average of 11 years each. In Britain just 20% are private tenants, with tenancies of an average 30 months. Germany suffers no get-on-the-ladder hysteria. Private savings are not frozen in bricks and mortar, but put to economic use. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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