Campaign to start to protect landlords, utility suppliers, local councils from the rogue fraudster, criminal tenants and also their supporters’ friends and families who provide fraudulent, misleading documents to gain access to rental properties.

I and so many other landlords have been the victims of professional fraudster tenants who provided false references and the referencing companies have failed to recognise the false information and are then not willing cooperate and not willing to admit their mistakes.

These tenants are professional graduates, struck off lawyers, etc who get the rental properties and then do not pay rents, utility bills, council tax and cause damage before leaving the rental properties. This is causing landlords very big financial losses, stress and leading many landlords to sell their properties.

I need your support to request the government to legislate for a law for National Tenants Registration database with rogue criminal tenants’ records.

Professional landlords are already members of National Residents Landlords Association- NRLA and Information Commissioner’s Office-ICO.
But there is no such professional membership organisation for the tenants. I have had the suggestion by good tenants that there should be a record for the tenants where they can update their details and help and support to find the next rental property easily and may be able to help them get on the property ladder more easily, if it shows that they have been paying a certain amount of rent regularly over a period of time.

Some bad tenants have been such a nuisance to the neighbours and councils do not do anything to resolve the issues.

Its time to raise our voice to protect private landlords as they provide the service and are not different from other smaller businesses. Also the government and councils should understand if there are fewer and fewer private landlords there will be a crisis in the property market as 1) not enough social housing and 2) not all are entitled for social housing 3) recognise private rental business as other small business 4) rogue tenants costing not only private landlords thousands but also to the councils and utility suppliers.

There should be equal rights for landlords and tenants, otherwise it is discrimination, by including both in a national database or even professional membership database to offer protection from any rogue tenants causing financial loss and stress.