Episode 81: Rent Repayment Orders and eviction changes

16/06/2021 24 min Episodio 81

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Episode Synopsis

Simon and Stuart are covering a couple of pieces of property news this week. They introduce Rent Repayment Orders and chat about an article covering recent court cases; then talk about the latest changes to Section 21 based evictions.
The chat this week includes:
* Rent Repayment Orders (RRO) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_Repayment_Order).
* Replacing your salary with rent-to-rent (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/80).
* Some recent RRO court cases (https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2021/05/the-inferno-of-the-private-rental-sector/).
* Crazy things dodgy landlords and rent-to-rent operators do!
* Are you the legal owner?
* Agents can't absolve your legal liability.
* Right to rent (https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents).
* The Tsunami of evictions (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/46) is active!
* Changes to Section 21 eviction notice periods.
* Section 21 validity flow chart (https://nearlylegal.co.uk/section-21-flowchart/).
* Stuart's current Section 21 experience.
* The principle vs practical effort and cost.
* The eviction process takes so much time and effort.
* Life's too short.
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