Women’s ‘Human Rights’ Arrears Eviction Could Promote Defaulting Tenants

Paul Shamplina, Founder of eviction specialists Landlord Action believes decisions such as this simply encourage others to use the human rights laws to avoid eviction.

“I am astounded by this decision. Many will be asking the obvious question: what about the rights of the landlord? In recent months, we have presented many case studies where landlords are facing, or are close to facing, repossession of their rental property due to tenants falling behind on the rent”

Mr Shamplina, who founded Landlord Action in 1999 to represent Landlords, further comments that the ruling will well and truly open the floodgates. “I suspect that we will see a lot of tenants refusing to pay their rent, and then hiding behind human rights laws.”

“From the landlords that we speak to on a daily basis, it is clear that many are not impressed with this sort of tenant empowerment.”