{"id":41394,"date":"2014-01-04T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T06:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-to-let-property-supremo-shuts-door-on-housing-benefit-tenants\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:00:14","slug":"buy-to-let-property-supremo-shuts-door-on-housing-benefit-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-to-let-property-supremo-shuts-door-on-housing-benefit-tenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy-to-let property supremo shuts door on housing benefit tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOne of Britain’s best-known landlords, who owns nearly 1,000 homes, has sent out 200 eviction noticesOne of Britain’s best-known landlords has issued eviction notices to every tenant who is on welfare, and told letting agents that he will not accept any more applicants who need housing benefit.Fergus Wilson, who with his wife Judith owns nearly 1,000 properties around the Ashford area of Kent, has sent the eviction notices to 200 tenants, saying he prefers eastern European migrants who default much less frequently than single mums on welfare. He says the move is purely an economic decision and points out that private landlords are running a business. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Buy-to-let property supremo shuts door on housing benefit tenants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of Britain’s best-known landlords, who owns nearly 1,000 homes, has sent out 200 eviction...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-aLE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76484,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/millionaire-landlords-fergus-and-judith-wilson-begin-evicting-large-families\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":0},"title":"Millionaire landlords Fergus and Judith Wilson begin evicting large families","date":"October 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Kent tycoons, also banning those on zero-hours contracts, insist they have no choice \u2013 but housing empire known to be for saleBritain\u2019s most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, whose property empire extends to nearly 1,000 homes in Kent, have begun evicting families with more than two children, banned\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72217,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/more-landlords-turn-away-housing-benefit-claimants\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":1},"title":"More landlords turn away housing benefit claimants","date":"January 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A survey finds that of the landlords who currently let to people on benefits, more than half say they won't after the roll-out of universal creditChanges to welfare payments and concerns about the new universal credit system mean that four in five landlords are unwilling to let properties to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5148,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/eviction-is-the-last-refuge-for-poor-tenants-dawn-foster\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":2},"title":"Eviction is the last refuge for poor tenants | Dawn Foster","date":"February 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Cash-strapped social landlords are increasingly turfing out tenants hit by welfare cuts for whom homelessness is the only option. And the government stands byLast year, 170 people a day were evicted from their homes in England and Wales. Ministry of Justice figures reveal that a total of 42,728 households\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":106095,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-fault-eviction-of-tenants-must-end-but-beware-unintended-consequences-simon-jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":3},"title":"\u2018No-fault\u2019 eviction of tenants must end. But beware unintended consequences | Simon Jenkins","date":"April 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":171736,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/everyone-was-in-tears-the-tenants-given-eviction-notices-just-before-ban-in-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":4},"title":"\u2018Everyone was in tears\u2019: the tenants given eviction notices just before ban in England","date":"May 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Shock and fears for future, including homelessness, after landlords rushed to issue section 21 notices before 1 MayIt was 2pm on 30 April when Carl Kansinde Middleton received a \u201cno fault\u201d eviction from his landlord in Brighton \u2013 just 10 hours before section 21 notices were officially banned under\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":114996,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/jenrick-announces-coronavirus-law-to-ban-eviction-of-tenants\/","url_meta":{"origin":41394,"position":5},"title":"Jenrick announces coronavirus law to ban eviction of tenants","date":"March 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Emergency legislation will protect renters for three months, housing secretary saysCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePrivate tenants will not be evicted from their homes for at least three months even if struggling with their rent under emergency coronavirus legislation announced by the housing secretary.Robert Jenrick said new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}