{"id":1945,"date":"2018-02-19T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:15:44","slug":"labour-calls-for-landlords-to-allow-pets-in-rental-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/labour-calls-for-landlords-to-allow-pets-in-rental-homes.html","title":{"rendered":"Labour Calls for Landlords to Allow Pets in Rental Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labour is introducing new plans to improve conditions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.tenant_welcome_pack.html#watch-demo-anchor\">tenants<\/a> in the private rental sector. They are calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.basic_tenancy.html#watch-demo-anchor\">landlords<\/a> to allow tenants to have pets as a default option \u2013 as long as they don\u2019t cause a nuisance. Labour says this will improve the lives of tenants, many of whom are in the private rental sector because they can\u2019t afford to buy a home. This policy is part of a 50-point animal welfare draft policy, which also includes a ban on fox hunting, a ban on foie gras, and a ban on exporting animals for slaughter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cost of Pets in Rental Homes<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Residential Landlords Association has already raised concerns about the policy of allowing pets by default. They say landlords may have to charge higher deposits to cover the cost of potential damage to rental homes. There are also questions related to keeping pets in HMOs, especially when another tenant is allergic to animals, and tenants living in high-rise buildings, which might not be suitable for larger<\/p>\n<p><strong>NLA Expresses Concerns<\/strong><br \/>\nThe National Landlords Association has also expressed concerns about the policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can&#8217;t take a blanket approach to keeping or refusing pets. The NLA has consistently supported schemes that encourage landlords to take on pet owners,\u201d says Richard Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of allowing pets is a tricky one. Whilst some landlords are happy to let a well-behaved cat or dog into their properties, many of them adopt a \u201cno pets\u201d policy as standard.<\/p>\n<p>Which side of the fence are you on? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour is introducing new plans to improve conditions for tenants in the private rental sector. They are calling for landlords to allow tenants to have pets as a default option \u2013 as long as they don\u2019t cause a nuisance. Labour &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/labour-calls-for-landlords-to-allow-pets-in-rental-homes.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property_management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}