Yes. Forcing individual tenants to take legal action just guarantees nothing will happen, not least because they will get evicted if they try.
And it is nigh on impossible to get a decent builder in three weeks.
Councils already have the infrastructure for repairing the homes they own. They need to take responsibility for doing the necessary repairs in private rental properties and charging landlords a commercial rate for doing them. With compulsory purchase for landlords who can’t or won’t pay the bill.
It won’t happen, of course. The law is just words and no one will be willing to enforce it.
Yes. Forcing individual tenants to take legal action just guarantees nothing will happen, not least because they will get evicted if they try.
And it is nigh on impossible to get a decent builder in three weeks.
Councils already have the infrastructure for repairing the homes they own. They need to take responsibility for doing the necessary repairs in private rental properties and charging landlords a commercial rate for doing them. With compulsory purchase for landlords who can’t or won’t pay the bill.
It won’t happen, of course. The law is just words and no one will be willing to enforce it.