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Originally Posted by Ab
author's point about low-value rental property seemed compelling though. why would you spend more money getting compliant with the healthy homes legislation than the tenancy is worth? far more sensible to just kick the tenants out, lock the door, save on renovations, avoid penalties, and watchthevalue of the derelict empty property continue to skyrocket.
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Yeah, might happen. It might happen just a little, it might happen significantly. Those choosing to act this way wouldn't be a insurmountable voting bloc would they? Which means should such circumstances emerge, we could come up with a political solution to the problem. A solution currently not viable but more appealing once this problem becomes apparent.
Maybe what happen is a lot of landlords at once discover they can't afford to fix their stock, but they can't afford to not have tenants either, so they offload onto the market, causing housing prices to stagnant?