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English Landowners

Mr Roger K. Olsson | 03.03.2007 13:55 | Analysis

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Landlord and Tenant. The relationship which exists when an owner of land or buildings (the landlord) gives to another (the tenant) the exclusive right of occupation for a definite limited period e.g. a year, a term of years, a week or a month. When the terms of the contract are embodied in a deed they are said to be covenants, and the whole agreement is termed a lease. There was, formerly freedom of contract between Landlord and Tenant in Britain, but wartime shortage of rented accomodation for lower income groups led to abuse by unscrupulous Landlords and from 1914 acts, were passed affording protection for Tenants against eviction and rent increases. The shortage was aggravated by the S.W.W. and from 1939 Rent Acts were passed greatly increasing the range of dwellings so protected, but often bearing unfairly on good Landlords.

Mr Roger K. Olsson
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and your point

03.03.2007 14:11

is?

yeeees

How to read between the lines

03.03.2007 14:35

"There was, formerly freedom of contract between Landlord and Tenant in Britain, but wartime shortage of rented accomodation for lower income groups led to abuse by unscrupulous Landlords and from 1914 acts, were passed affording protection for Tenants against eviction and rent increases. The shortage was aggravated by the S.W.W. and from 1939 Rent Acts were passed greatly increasing the range of dwellings so protected, but often bearing unfairly on good Landlords."

Well, you need to be able to read between the lines, because worded plainly and openly you would object to what is being said and the person wants to take you in. I'll try to "translate".

Once upon a time, all landlo4rds were allowed to abuse their tenants anyway they wanted to. Because there were "bad" landlords who went overboard, laws were passed in 1914 and and 1939 to provide some protections to tenants. This person feels that the laws, in particualr, what sorts of rental properties are covered by them, go too far in preventing the "good" landlords from abusing their tenants.

Presumably this person is the landlord of some property covered by the acts and feels that being a "good" landlord who would not oppress his or her tenants TOO much, he or she is being imposed upon.

Mike Novack
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