PREPARING FOR RENTERS’ REFORMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS
I am committed to supporting Renters’ Rights reform while ensuring landlords’ concerns are heard. By fostering practical partnerships, encouraging ethical letting, and promoting early intervention, I help create housing solutions that work for everyone.
My commitment to housing is grounded in practical action and a long-standing drive to improve outcomes across the sector—particularly within social housing and the private rented sector (PRS). I founded Digital Inventory in 2001 to address systemic unfairness in deposit deductions and now as The Housing Inspector, trading as ‘Rethink Housing’ I specialise in resolving tenant–landlord disputes with a focus on fairness, transparency, and sustainability.
I support the principles behind the Renters’ Rights reforms while also recognising the concerns of responsible landlords—many of whom are increasingly cautious about letting to benefit-dependent tenants. This shift has the potential to widen housing inequality and needs thoughtful, balanced responses.
Across the sector, the PRS faces familiar pressures: ageing housing stock, affordability challenges, and a growing trust deficit between landlords and tenants. These are issues that cannot be solved in isolation.
From experience, I’ve seen how early engagement with housing and tenancy teams often prevents disputes from escalating. With possession proceedings now taking many months to resolve—and the planned abolition of Section 21—landlord confidence is under strain.
I believe the path forward lies in building stronger, solutions-focused partnerships between local authorities, tenants, and landlords. This is key to sustaining existing rental stock and encouraging responsible investment. My focus is on championing tenant wellbeing, fostering constructive landlord engagement, and helping to bring empty or underused homes back into circulation—responsibly and sustainably.
