The challenges faced by private landlords over the last 18 months have been significant, especially with regards to how they resolve issues caused by anti-social tenants.
The legal protections introduced to help renters during the pandemic have also highlighted the issue of anti-social behaviour (ASB). They have demonstrated that, without sufficient strengthening of Section 8, the impending abolition of Section 21 will lead to significant delays to the eviction process for landlords.
In a case which Landlord Action became aware of in January, we learned that landlord, Anna*, the victim of anti-social behaviour. Aside from receiving no income from her HMO in Cambridgeshire and discovering her property has been trashed, she was forced to conclude that the best course of action is to renovate the property with a view to selling it at a later date.
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