This whole "banning no fault evictions" thing

[ladymuck]

The original bill had a lot in it that I liked. Will have to read up on how it's changed under our new robot masters.

I particularly liked the option that all tenancies could be considered periodic after an initial six months. So, essentially, a rolling two months on either side (IIRC). I very much dislike some aspects of the push for 3+ year tenancies because exiting them is so hideously expensive for the tenant.

[willendure]

We have had this in Scotland for at least a year. I was doing AirBnB, but after they killed that with the licensing, there was the option to change to normal letting. But I decided to sell the property instead.

Long notice to evict if you want to sell.
You can evict if they don't pay the rent, but it takes something like 6 months to go through all the arbitration.
Good amount of notice on putting up rent.
Lots of opportunities for tenants to appeal.
They can break rules like "no pets" and it still takes months to get them out and by then the dog has eaten your carpets and the fleas have infested the whole place.
All the rules leaning towards the tenant not the (evil) landlord.

AirBnB was great. A property with 1 bedroom, couples would come for romantic weekends and spend most of it out. They would mostly eat out. Sometimes when they left you wondered if anyone had even stayed, there was so little mess. Got about twice what you would for a normal rental, and tax deductions too!

I just didn't want to be an (evil) landlord. So now I can invest my pile of cash like an evil capitalist, and I will do better out of the property sector anyway. Until the commie bastards find a way to steal that off me too at least.

[vetran]

2nd one is helpful, thanks. 4 months notice if you wish to sell, that's fun.

Wait till they go down the compulsory purchase route, that will teach you to leech off the workers!

[d000hg]

2nd one is helpful, thanks. 4 months notice if you wish to sell, that's fun.

[WTFH]

Do you mean this?
https://publications.parliament.uk/p...0074/17074.pdf

or this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...e-c24701a5f12a

[d000hg]

The "renters' rights bill" gets talked about a fair bit primarily summarised as "landlords can't end a tenancy" which I presume is a bit of an oversimplification. But I can't actually find any tangible, rational details of what is being proposed.
Is it as simple as "landlords can't give notice" or more nuanced than that? Would ASTs still be allowed as fixed-term, or once you have a tenant can they stay as long as they choose provided they pay the rent and aren't awful?

The two cases I can't see addressed anywhere are what if I want to sell my rental property, and what if I decide I want to live in it myself or change the use (say to an AirBnB). I know there's loads of landlords here so anyone heard anything that's not just hyperbole and doom-mongering?