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The Residential Landlords Association rejects findings by Shelter
Alan Ward, RLA chairman, says his organisation accepts there are landlords who should be rooted out of the sector but insists some 98 per cent of private tenants have not faced significant problems with landlords or their properties.
“Shelter’s continued vilification of landlords will serve only to put the good landlords off further investment and push tenants into the hands of those operating under the radar” says Ward.
In the survey Shelter claims over 200,000 people have across the UK have been threatened with eviction in the past year because they asked their landlord to fix a problem in their home.
The numbers analysed in the study are not revealed by Shelter but the charity claims as examples:
– a family in Norfolk handed an eviction notice three weeks after reporting damp and mould to their landlord;
– a couple in Brighton who complained that the mould and damp in their home was affecting their health, and were served an eviction notice a week later;
– a family from Lancashire evicted after complaining about a leaking roof and allegedly being told by their landlord that it ‘wasn’t worth his while’ to fix the problem.
Shelter also claims that more than 40 per cent of renters have had problems with mould in the past year, while 25 per cent have lived with a leaking roof or windows and 16 per cent have electrical hazards in their home.
