tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post4864280050512679690..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: "Rogue Landlords: Protecting Tenants, Improving Conditions and Creating a Fair Rental Market"John Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-23986138763457749322020-10-09T22:21:40.463+01:002020-10-09T22:21:40.463+01:00john, why do you put up with these sad tossers? ju...john, why do you put up with these sad tossers? just block themban tossersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-26734459196187080572020-10-09T22:03:31.327+01:002020-10-09T22:03:31.327+01:00As I have said elsewhere- I have been a ASB/enforc...As I have said elsewhere- I have been a ASB/enforcement housing officer, on and off, for 27 years in the east end of London. I find it hard to believe that you do not understand that some (a tiny number out of 17000 landlords) are serious criminals with violent gang associations. <br /><br />You might have not seen this but we do get landlords, letting agents turning up with baseball bats and thugs to beat up their tenants and throw them out. <br /><br />Newham was one of the first authorities to have a licensing scheme and at one stage we prosecuted more criminal landlords than the rest of the entire country together. Thankfully there are more licence schemes but many have been refused by the government and I understand 50% of councils do no enforcement whatsoever.<br /><br />Illegal evictions are a criminal offence and if there is a eviction there could be a term of imprisonment and/or fine. The victims, by and large do not receive compensation (they may be entitled to the inadequate criminal injuries compensation scheme if badly beaten up etc.) <br /><br />Remember the major driver of PRS licensing is to stop ASB not only by landlords but by tenants who bad landlords fail to manage. <br />John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-51379632532744459422020-10-08T08:59:09.573+01:002020-10-08T08:59:09.573+01:00Well said... but you forget...Councillor Gray know...Well said... but you forget...Councillor Gray knows best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-44189154714734640282020-10-07T16:43:19.126+01:002020-10-07T16:43:19.126+01:00Why don't you have a similar card for the 9000...Why don't you have a similar card for the 9000 cases of ASB in Newham?. I have lived in Newham. I have seen it all, everything from fireworks being put through people's letter boxes, to a gun shooting into my neighbhour's home. <br /><br />However, I have never seen a landlord turn up with baseballs bats, kick and punch a tenant and put them on the streets. <br /><br />In fact, when I asked you previously, you did n't even have number of cases of illegal evictions in Newham, nor did you have number for the number of landlords prosecuted by Newham Council such illegal evictions. <br /><br />Even if a tenant did face an illegal eviction, they would be due thousands in compensation. <br /><br />You are using police resources for your pet projects, rather then issues facing Newham residents. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com