What more can the Tories do to alienate younger voters?

[JohnD]

neither would want to be bound for so long.

really?

so if, say, you're a family, you don't want to know where you'll be living in three years? Or two? Or even one?

What if you have your children in a local school?

Homeowners often like to stay in their homes for 20 years or more.

 

[sodthisforfun]

really?

so if, say, you're a family, you don't want to know where you'll be living in three years? Or two? Or even one?

What if you have your children in a local school?

Homeowners often like to stay in their homes for 20 years or more.

Home owners, yes, but renters for 20 years or more? Traditionally renting is a temporary thing in this country isn't it?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Also with this unnecessary proposal -

Say a tenant signs for five years and after six months they change their mind. What happens then?

Will they be forced to complete the contract and pay the rest?
Of course not - all they do is stop paying and leave.

 

[JohnD]

Traditionally renting is a temporary thing in this country isn't it?

Oh, you mean in the old days, when a young couple would buy a house and have a baby.

Not like now when they have to rent and don't know if they will be able to be living in the same place in a year's time, or what school their kids will go to.

About half of all people in England aged 25 to 34 are paying a private landlord for their accommodation.

Home ownership is at a 30-year low.

 

[securespark]

What more could the Tories do to alienate young folk....hmmm, they could try spending millions on "updating" the welfare system, giving it a new name and causing misery for those unfortunate enough to be forced to claim it. What? Millions is just what's been wasted on unworkable IT systems? You mean the total is more than that?

 

[motorbiking]

really?

so if, say, you're a family, you don't want to know where you'll be living in three years? Or two? Or even one?

What if you have your children in a local school?

Homeowners often like to stay in their homes for 20 years or more.

They are free to sign a 3 year tenancy agreement if they and the landlord wants. The minimum term today is 6 months.
Plenty of people go for 12 or 18 month terms, because Landlords like the idea of longer tenancies. Its actually very difficult to evict a tenant from your property if they have paid rent and don't want to go.

Assuming you have a 6 month AST.
LL cannot evict a tenant within that term if they are within the terms.
they must serve 2 months notice.
tenant ignores that
they must apply to court. (4-6 week)
tenant has 14 days.
tenant ignores that
LL must apply to get bailiff in (5-10 weeks)
So.. the tenant can easily get 5 months to find a new house.

 

[^woody^]

Home ownership is at a 30-year low

And before the 80's home ownership was a minority with renting the traditional way the for majority.

Why aren't you mentioning your darling EU where renting is the norm? Don't you want to be like the EU anymore?

 

[JohnD]

Why aren't you mentioning tenant security?

 

[sodthisforfun]

Oh, you mean in the old days, when a young couple would buy a house and have a baby.

Not like now when they have to rent and don't know if they will be able to be living in the same place in a year's time, or what school their kids will go to.

About half of all people in England aged 25 to 34 are paying a private landlord for their accommodation.

Home ownership is at a 30-year low.

As EFL said, it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
If some unscrupulous landlords are kicking out people to drive up the rent then they should be fined or something to put them off doing so. Makes more sense to me than making anyone sign a 3 year lease. Situations change both renter and landlord.

 

[EFLImpudence]

As EFL said, it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

It was actually Motorbiking who said it but I do agree.

It's much the same as so-called Electrical Safety Tests - not necessary.
There seem to be a lot of jobs nowadays where people just think up new rules for the sake of it - most of it already covered by existing regulations and legislation.

It's the "Must have a piece of paper with ticks" mentality.

 

[motorbiking]

It's in the Something Must Be Done Act 2018.

TBH if the OP wanted to find an angle to back up his claim.. I'd be looking at the proposed ban of Energy drinks to under 18/16s.

 

[sodthisforfun]

It was actually Motorbiking who said it but I do agree.

oops, sorry, yes it was. Sorry Motor

 

[EFLImpudence]

Has it already been asked?

Where are these landlords who 'let go' perfect tenants just because the six or twelve months are up?

Do they do it for the pleasure of trying to find more perfect tenants?

 

[motorbiking]

I think the only time a Landlord will serve a notice to quit on a good tenant is when they have to sell the property. Its unlikely they'd do it just to get another 10% rent. You only have to have the property empty for a month or 2 and that extra profit goes out of the window.

Another big issue, would be all the Landlords on buy to let mortgages which give the bank step rights if the mortgage isn't paid.