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Hi everyone! Hello and welcome to the GB Landlords community! Please use this as a place to learn, share tips and ideas, raise awareness and generally help improve all of our property businesses. We will be adding more as we build but meanwhile head over to the classroom by clicking the menu at the top of the page to see the recordings of the talks from our events. If you're new here, start off by commenting below to introduce yourself. Alternately start a new post and ask the community a question!
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New comment 10d ago
All Rental properties to be EPC assessed at C by 2030
Just to let everyone know that by 2030 all rental properties will need to be assessed at c or better by 2030. The government think that it will cost a Landlord just over £6,000 to meet this although they will cap expenditure at £15, 000. So especially if you have a few properties my recommendation is to start saving to get the work done rather than be faced with big bill in the next 5 years! If you have properties that may be hard to get to a C assessment then perhaps the time is right to consider your plans for the property while you are still able to serve a S21 or alternatively you can wait and use a S8 after the RRB comes but remember there is a proposal that you are unable to rent it out for 12 months if you struggle to sell and want to put it back on the market! So my advice to all Landlords is check your latest report and if it is C or less look at what could be done to improve it. The reason I include a C assessment is that the Government are tinkering with the algorithm and something that was a C could be a D or E with the new algorithm so no one has any certainty. Especially as Assessors seem unable to offer any sound concrete advice on what you need to do to meet improve the rating! The Government will be bringing out a consultation on this which I would encourage every Landlord to respond to when it comes out. I will post details when they are known. The full article can be found on the link below. Rayner and Miliband start EPC clampdown on landlords - Landlord Today
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New comment 1d ago
Direct Payment from DWP
For those Landlords who accept Tenants on benefits and felt secure in the knowledge that if they got in arrears then an application could be made to DWP for direct payment and a slow repayment of the arrears. Well unfortunately our great legal system has just cast doubt on this and ruled that DWP need to have the Tenants agreement to make those deductions! As I briefly mentioned at our last meeting The High Court has declared the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) method of deducting rent payments from Universal Credit recipients unlawful. In the case of Roberts v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the court ruled that the DWP’s failure to consult individuals before authorising deductions from their benefits is unfair. Following a landlord application, the DWP decided to make deductions from Mr Roberts’ Universal Credit in March 2024, for ongoing rent payments and towards rent arrears. However, Mr Roberts challenged the DWP’s decision to deduct rent payments and arrears from his UC. While the DWP later acknowledged the deductions were made in error and refunded Mr Roberts, he proceeded with his legal challenge, arguing against the policy that allowed these deductions. Could this be yet another reason for Landlords to sell up I wonder? read the full article here www.property118.com/high-court-rules-dwps-universal-credit--deduction-scheme-unlawful/
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New comment 2d ago
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Happy to join.GB Landlords Skool. Landlord.
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