NO Dss landlord are being sued

[Andy_Wright]

​What I don’t get is why most of the benefit claimants seem to think the “No DSS ban” law somehow helps them?

Five years ago a DSS tenant was looking for a house. He had like 20 properties in his area and 15 of them clearly stated NO DSS. The five that left wouldn’t have been his first choice, but such is life and he spoke to all of them, viewed three and finally moved into one.

Nowadays. The freedom of speech is restricted and the landlords are forbidden to honestly state all their requirements. Has their experience with DSS tenants changed for the better as a result? Would they decide to welcome DSS tenants just because they can’t say NO DSS anymore? No and No. They would just hide this now illegal condition behind the affordability or would not give any feedback at all.

So our guy went to the market. He found the same 20 properties and none of them say NO DSS. Great! The government has finally protected him from the truth and now everything’s gonna be alright. He chooses five of the most suited properties and tries to contact them. No one reaches him back. He wasted his time, he has never discovered the reason because it is against the law to voice it, he has no house to live in and no idea as to what is going on.

It looks to me that the No DSS ban is directly hurting DSS people rather than helping them. What am I missing here?

[Mark10]

@Andy_Wright Yes, I agree totally, It just wastes everyone’s time. I suspect lawyers will be busy due to LLs and agents being sued (tax payer funded of course). Fees will go up as agents will be doing more work, the fees will then in turn get passed onto the tenant.

Scrapping application fees was another poor idea contributing to more work on agents and LL as tenants now make multiple applications as nothing to lose.

The idea that a home owner cannot 100% choose what or who lives in their property is beyond comprehension.