Property118 Action Group

Tessa Shepperson, founder of Landlord Law has tweeted a link to a very supportive comment piece in her latest article which links back to the Property118 Action Group Membership page ...

"The Property 118 Action Group

Mark Alexander, who was responsible for the West Brom mortgage victory has set up a landlord’s action group  – one of its aims is to fund private prosecutions of rogue letting agents who steal rent and tenants deposits prior to closing down their businesses.

Indeed Mark tells me that they already brought claims against agents which were satisfactorily settled with landlords getting their money back.

Conclusion

Agents often breach their contracts and agent obligations – which landlords could, if they knew how and had the funding, successfully challenge in the courts.

If you are a landlord, particularly if you own several properties – the Property 118 Action Group sounds like a good idea to me. Mark Alexander wants to use the experience he gained from the West Brom case, and the contacts he made, to help landlords fight back against injustice and dishonesty.

Which is always a good thing.

It would be nice if there was something similar to the Property 118 Action Group for tenants, now that legal aid is almost unobtainable. But that would, I can see, be more difficult to sustain." END QUOTE

Link to tweet https://twitter.com/LandlordLaw/status/744788927156912128