{"id":324,"date":"2010-11-15T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T10:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2010-11-15T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T10:48:42","slug":"landlord-petition-hits-downing-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.withcreative.co.uk\/lforl\/landlord-petition-hits-downing-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Landlord Petition Hits Downing Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Madalena Penny<\/p>\n<p>Today Downing Street will be receiving a petition of 2,000 landlord signatures.\u00a0 The \u2018Rebalancing Law Petition\u2019 organized by the RLA\u00a0 (Royal Landlords Association) and other landlord bodies has been created in an attempt to ask the government to reconsider their intended closures of county and magistrate courts.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed closures consisting of over 100 magistrate and county courts throughout England and Wales will add further restrictions on landlords faced with defaulting and troublesome tenants.<\/p>\n<p>Landlords already hindered by lengthy court dates will be expecting a longer waiting time to be granted hearings.\u00a0 Presently, it can take up to 6-months for a landlord to re-gain possession of a property, resulting in a serious amount of rental loss and resulting in BTL lending arrears on properties.\u00a0 Compounded with court closures, the estimated revenue a landlord will lose could well see an increase in BTL repossessions.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a national housing shortage, a worrying trend is emerging that will add to lengthier delays of the eviction process.\u00a0 Private tenants issued with eviction notices are being told by some local authorities to sit tight in their homes until the courts grant an eviction warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Sim Sekhon of eviction specialists, \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/legal4landlords.com\">Legal 4 Landlords\u2019 <\/a>said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c The government\u2019s LHA payment policy has been responsible for a major proportion of rent arrears.\u00a0 Court closures will only exacerbate the financial loss that landlords experience through defaulting tenants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ministerial decision to save over \u00a315 million in running costs and \u00a322 million in building maintenance through the closure of the courts has come under strong attack.\u00a0 In their statement under Communities &amp; Government, the department insist they do not want to impede landlords or cause any barriers, however through legislation elsewhere and the impending housing benefit cuts, it would appear that a number of barriers have been provided via an alternative route to hinder landlords and restrict private housing provision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Madalena Penny Today Downing Street will be receiving a petition of 2,000 landlord signatures.\u00a0 The \u2018Rebalancing Law Petition\u2019 organized by the RLA\u00a0 (Royal Landlords Association) and other landlord bodies has been created in an attempt to ask the government to reconsider their intended closures of county and magistrate courts. 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