Knew that sounded too good to be true. Good luck enforcing it if your Landlord unreasonably refuses.
sbos_ on
This just gonna trigger landlords to sell up lol unfortunately pets are troublesome. Selling reduces supply which could squeeze rent prices.
BTW I don’t care but commentary is interesting.
I’d love to see less landlords
XenorVernix on
I own three cats and I know the damage they can cause to carpets, curtains and walls. But it’s ridiculous that most renters aren’t allowed to have pets. As long as the renter covers any damage caused by the pets (or uses the mentioned insurance) then I don’t see the issue.
wagonwheels87 on
It’s almost as if the past fifty years have taught us that the current model of subsidising the housing market with rental properties doesn’t actually work, because there are always going to be people who want to take advantage of the system.
Anyone want to take a shot at why it’s taken fifty years of central government housing financiers performatively scratching their heads to come up with an answer?
RoyaleWCheese_OK on
Dogs barking and chewing everything. Cats tearing everything up .. yeah this isn’t going to end well. I see more landlords giving up and selling off, reducing the renting pool even more. Lets hope people can afford to buy.
jodrellbank_pants on
An the renter has the right not to rent to you either. by saying someone has beat you to it.
All this will do is put the rents up more as the insurance cost will be past on to everyone
Academic_Sleep5687 on
The problem as always is that if every pet owner were reasonable and responsible, this wouldn’t be an issue and if every landlord was even handed and understanding, this wouldn’t be an issue.
SenatorBiff on
I once (2012-ish) had a landlord deduct from my deposit for “damage caused to carpet on staircase by keeping a cat clearly against the terms of the lease” when I’d never had a cat. Just my housemate’s gigantic size 12 feet scraping on the stairs I assumed.
So there’s that.
Pangiit on
Someone who’s just moved into a property with fleas from previous tennant with cats. Fuck your pets, I totally understand why they say no pets.
LifeMasterpiece6475 on
I love pets, but an issue is they can leave an odour that’s difficult to remove. I can see landlords holding back the deposit because of that.
Square-Competition48 on
If we’re going to expect much of the population to rent rather than own for their whole life then renters are going to need to be treated like adults.
Complaintsdept123 on
Gross. I have a neighbour with a dog who is loud and her apartment absolutely stinks. She never takes it out on walks.
Popeychops on
Finally something worth celebrating from the government. Any landlords scared off by these perfectly reasonable reforms will have to sell up and lose out. There will be more reasonable people willing to judge the risk rationally.
Let’s have some more of these freebie reform bills to achieve good things
PrinceOfFruit on
As somebody who used to rent with a cat, I am surprised at pro-landlordism when the subject of pets is discussed.
Like, sure, I get it, you are concerned about the value of your property. That sounds cute in theory. In practice, there I was trying to find **anything** to rent, and the vast majority of landlords in Cambridge didn’t care to hear how much extra my offer was going to be if they considered pets. Naturally, the landlords who did consider pets were in a good position to take advantage of my lack of options.
What can I say. I’d feel more sympathy for poor landlords if they bothered to at least consider my offers.
Ready_Maybe on
This is what happens when you normalise renting. People want to live more fulfilling lives. The number of lets has gone way up, especially when you control for age, and the mobility to own has been crippled substantially. If landlords really provide a service, then provide it. Stop stripping the service down to its bare essentials.
Thehorniestlizard on
Bun landlords.
We just need to eat one to send a message.
masterblaster0 on
Better but still poor compared to Wales’ reforms which requires 6 months notice if you want tenants out, meaning they get 12 months in a property minimum.
Gazz1e on
Easy for labour to introduce no-fault evictions and pets. What will be harder will be trying to rent somewhere when all the landlords have sold their properties.
Exipnada_gnosi on
Most leasehold apartments have a no pet policy in the leasehold agreement, so even if the landlord wanted to allow pets, they couldn’t.
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>And it will [give tenants the right to request a pet](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/kings-speech-new-laws-labour-keir-starmer-b2581119.html), with landlords unable to “unreasonably refuse” and able to request insurance to cover potential damage from pets if needed.
Knew that sounded too good to be true. Good luck enforcing it if your Landlord unreasonably refuses.
This just gonna trigger landlords to sell up lol unfortunately pets are troublesome. Selling reduces supply which could squeeze rent prices.
BTW I don’t care but commentary is interesting.
I’d love to see less landlords
I own three cats and I know the damage they can cause to carpets, curtains and walls. But it’s ridiculous that most renters aren’t allowed to have pets. As long as the renter covers any damage caused by the pets (or uses the mentioned insurance) then I don’t see the issue.
It’s almost as if the past fifty years have taught us that the current model of subsidising the housing market with rental properties doesn’t actually work, because there are always going to be people who want to take advantage of the system.
Anyone want to take a shot at why it’s taken fifty years of central government housing financiers performatively scratching their heads to come up with an answer?
Dogs barking and chewing everything. Cats tearing everything up .. yeah this isn’t going to end well. I see more landlords giving up and selling off, reducing the renting pool even more. Lets hope people can afford to buy.
An the renter has the right not to rent to you either. by saying someone has beat you to it.
All this will do is put the rents up more as the insurance cost will be past on to everyone
The problem as always is that if every pet owner were reasonable and responsible, this wouldn’t be an issue and if every landlord was even handed and understanding, this wouldn’t be an issue.
I once (2012-ish) had a landlord deduct from my deposit for “damage caused to carpet on staircase by keeping a cat clearly against the terms of the lease” when I’d never had a cat. Just my housemate’s gigantic size 12 feet scraping on the stairs I assumed.
So there’s that.
Someone who’s just moved into a property with fleas from previous tennant with cats. Fuck your pets, I totally understand why they say no pets.
I love pets, but an issue is they can leave an odour that’s difficult to remove. I can see landlords holding back the deposit because of that.
If we’re going to expect much of the population to rent rather than own for their whole life then renters are going to need to be treated like adults.
Gross. I have a neighbour with a dog who is loud and her apartment absolutely stinks. She never takes it out on walks.
Finally something worth celebrating from the government. Any landlords scared off by these perfectly reasonable reforms will have to sell up and lose out. There will be more reasonable people willing to judge the risk rationally.
Let’s have some more of these freebie reform bills to achieve good things
As somebody who used to rent with a cat, I am surprised at pro-landlordism when the subject of pets is discussed.
Like, sure, I get it, you are concerned about the value of your property. That sounds cute in theory. In practice, there I was trying to find **anything** to rent, and the vast majority of landlords in Cambridge didn’t care to hear how much extra my offer was going to be if they considered pets. Naturally, the landlords who did consider pets were in a good position to take advantage of my lack of options.
What can I say. I’d feel more sympathy for poor landlords if they bothered to at least consider my offers.
This is what happens when you normalise renting. People want to live more fulfilling lives. The number of lets has gone way up, especially when you control for age, and the mobility to own has been crippled substantially. If landlords really provide a service, then provide it. Stop stripping the service down to its bare essentials.
Bun landlords.
We just need to eat one to send a message.
Better but still poor compared to Wales’ reforms which requires 6 months notice if you want tenants out, meaning they get 12 months in a property minimum.
Easy for labour to introduce no-fault evictions and pets. What will be harder will be trying to rent somewhere when all the landlords have sold their properties.
Most leasehold apartments have a no pet policy in the leasehold agreement, so even if the landlord wanted to allow pets, they couldn’t.