The popular press would have us believe that landlords all over the country are ruthlessly evicting tenants left, right and centre. In fact this is not true at all. Figures released by the English Housing Survey have show that tenant evictions have fallen from 9 per cent to just 7 per cent since 2011\/12, which makes a mockery of repeated claims by housing charity, Shelter, that evil landlords are engaging in so-called \u2018revenge evictions\u2019 on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Most Evictions are Legitimate says RLA<\/strong> RLA Accuses Shelter of Scaremongering<\/strong> \u201cThe official figures show quite clearly a fall in the number of tenants<\/a> having their tenancies terminated and by far most of these are for perfectly good reasons,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cShelter\u2019s campaign on so called revenge evictions is totally inaccurate and irresponsible. To severely restrict landlords\u2019 right to regain possession as Shelter advocates would severely damage confidence in the sector. This would reduce supply at a time of high demand causing more people to be homeless and we thought Shelter is all about reducing the number of homeless. In the past, Shelter have put out highly questionable statistics, which bare little resemblance to reality which we again see today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The popular press would have us believe that landlords all over the country are ruthlessly evicting tenants left, right and centre. In fact this is not true at all. Figures released by the English Housing Survey have show that tenant … Continue reading
\nAccording to research carried out by the Residential Landlords Association, most evictions happen because a landlord<\/a> needs to sell the property or move back in, the property needs extensive repairs, or because the tenant has not paid the rent, all of which are perfectly legitimate reasons.<\/p>\n
\nRichard Jones, Policy Director at the Residential Landlords Association, has called Shelter\u2019s recent campaign to highlight revenge evictions as \u2018scaremongering\u2019.<\/p>\n