Court Case re HMO rooms being deemed to be Band A Council Tax Dwellings

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A HMO landlord friend of mine is in court on Friday challenging the VOA ruling on a HMO rooms.

He has:-

• NO ENSUITE ROOMS
• NO KITCHENETTES
• 100% SHARED FACILITIES
• BASIC ROOM FURNITURE ONLY IN ROOMS

The VOA claim the re-banding increase tax by factor of six is because the rooms are individual dwellings

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DWP changes causing problems for landlords…

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Universal Credit:

Landlords are unable to identify payments for Universal Credit tenants due to changes in DWP system.

Caridon Landlord Solutions is calling on The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to urgently address the changes to its payment system, which have left landlords unable to identify which housing cost payments of Universal Credit should be allocated to which tenants.

According to the company, more than three weeks ago payments of the housing element of Universal Credit made directly to landlords included a unique reference.  This was the reference provided by the landlord when they completed the UC47 to request managed payment because their tenant was unable to manage their finances or had fallen into arrears.  

However, since mid-December, payments have been coming through with a random 28 number reference with no explanation or payment schedule to enable landlords to identify who they are for.

Sherrelle Collman, Managing Director of Caridon Landlord Solutions, which specialises in helping landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, says she has been inundated with phone calls from landlords asking how to interpret the new number reference.

“We were told last week that there had been an upgrade to DWP’s system which has caused the change, but we have been unable to get any further information on how we can allocate payments or what is being done to rectify the problem.  We called Universal Credit Full-Service line but they are unable to help without a National Insurance number, date of birth and/or address. 

“Then we called the Third-Party deduction line, and they are unable to help unless the tenant is in arrears and now has third party deductions set up. Some landlords have numerous payments for the same amount but for different tenants, making it impossible to identify who the payment is for,” says Sherrelle.

Caridon Landlord Solutions says if the matter is not resolved soon, many tenants could be accused of falling into rent arrears through no fault of their own because landlords will be unable to update the tenant’s rent account.

One landlord who contacted Caridon Landlord Solutions was already in the process of evicting his tenant for rent arrears but has to provide the court with an up to date rent statement.  He is unable to do so as he is cannot identify whether any further rent payments have been made and is concerned what impact this will have on his eviction proceedings. 

Caridon Landlord Solutions is pursuing the matter with DWP as a matter of urgency.

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New electrical safety rules

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Five-year safety checks will be mandatory for landlords for all new tenancies from July 1 this year. This will be rolled out to all existing tenancies from April 2021. The new regulations were tabled today (MON), requiring pre-tenancy and five yearly checks of all fixed appliances and wiring.  Landlords failing to comply with the new […]

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Join our Network of Property118 Promoters

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Additional licensing scheme in Camden could lead to increased rents-RLA

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The RLA is warning that rents in the London Borough of Camden could rise if an additional HMO licensing scheme is renewed. Camden Borough Council is currently consulting on plans to renew the five year scheme, which is coming to an end. If plans to renew the scheme get the go ahead, all HMO landlords […]

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Landlords Victory in Liverpool

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The attempt by Liverpool city council to impose their city wide licensing scheme on Liverpool landlords for a further 5 years has been struck down by the Secretary of State.

Full credit to the government and full credit to Brandon Lewis who changed the law after this greedy authority originally foisted their rotten scheme on Liverpool by fraudulently claiming that the entire city was an area of low demand.

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Rental sector looks set for a resilient 2020

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The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index indicate that the rental sector is set to see the sustained growth of rental values observed throughout 2019 continue into the new decade. The headlines from December 2019’s HomeLet Rental Index are:

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Pension pot property?

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Early pension pot potential? It is by no means a fortune, but I can access £50,000 of my pension fund tax free now I am 55 and I intend to retire when I am 60.

I am contemplating buying a one bed apartment in Spain for rental and to use myself out of season.

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Right to rent appeal to be heard this week

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The government’s appeal against a damning ruling by the High Court that the Right to Rent breaches human rights law will be heard on Wednesday. Following a Judicial Review of the policy secured by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and supported by the RLA and Liberty last March, the presiding judge concluded discrimination […]

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Transferring BTL back to a residential repayment mortgage?

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I had a repayment mortgage when I myself bought my home in 2002. I bought another house with my boyfriend in 2015.

My original house turned into a rental with a BTL mortgage. I want to leave him and go back to my house to live.

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