Thursday, March 29, 2007
Landlords and Disability - Landlords must not discriminate against tenants on the grounds of a disability
The Disability Discrimination Act defines any mental or physical impediment that adversely affects someone’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities.
It has to be a “long term” disability, which means it has to last or be expected to last for over a year.
Things like cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis are also included within the definition.
The new rules came in from December 4th 2006 and say landlords should make “reasonable adjustments” to their property if required and if asked.
There are three areas where the landlord may need to make changes.........
1. The landlord may have to provide auxiliary aids and services.
2. He may need to change practices and procedures associated with the letting.
3. He may need to make a change to the term of the letting where the premises are actually let.
However, what he does NOT need to do is to change or alter any physical feature which is a part of the design or construction of the building.
He cannot pass on the costs associated with making such changes to the tenant - they will have to absorb them as yet more overheads - but landlords only have to do what is “reasonable” in the circumstances and any disruption to others has to be taken into account.
Disabled people may qualify for Disabled Facilities Grants administered by local authorities. In this instance, there would be no burden on the landlord.
ABOUT LETTINGFOCUS AND WHAT WE DO
LettingFocus.com is the home of landlord information.
I’m David Lawrenson.
I’ve been a landlord and property investor myself for over 25 years and am author of “Successful Property Letting” – the UK’s top selling commercially published property book for the last 3 years.
I help private landlord investors via my seminars and one to one advice (see more on this below) but these days I’m mainly a consultant to banks, local authorities, social housing providers and other organisations – helping them with their landlord facing or buy to let product strategies and services.
I also write for property websites and am regularly quoted by the media.
I have written articles, guides and documents on letting property and property investing for numerous publications including The Independent, The Telegraph and for quality landlord and property websites.
Services for Private Landlords
For private landlords and other investors in the private rented sector, we do two London seminars each year.
We also find some spare time to help landlords and property investors by coaching them in how to make money in the private rented sector using ways that work, which are ethical, fair to tenants and which involve minimal risk to the investor.
We pride ourselves on giving independent unbiased buy to let advice on either a one to one mentoring / coaching basis or through our occasional group seminars.
With no links to property firms, developers or bridging loan providers we can advise on where and what type of property to buy for investment and when to buy it. We also show you how to manage tenants properly.
AT OUR WEBSITE LETTINGFOCUS.COM:
THE HOME PAGE OF THIS BLOG click here: Blog
THE HOME PAGE OF OUR MAIN SITE click here: LettingFocus Home Page
For general info on our CONSULTING click here: Consultancy and Seminars
ONE TO ONE PRIVATE CONSULTANCY click here: Property Mentoring
NEXT SEMINAR AND NETWORKING EVENT for Landlords and Property Investors:
Next Property Investment Seminar and Networking Event
We have OFFERS on a range of services and products for landlords too; click here including landlords insurance, tenant referencing, tenancy agreements and more: Services and Products for Landlords
TO READ CLIENT TESTIMONIALS – both commercial and private click here: Testimonials
BUY “SUCCESSFUL PROPERTY LETTING” click here: Buy the Book at Amazon plus anything else you fancy at Amazon.co.uk
To JOIN our Free QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER simply send an email to david@LettingFocus.com - Please note we WILL NOT send spam or sell our mailing list to advertisers!
IF YOU HAVE A SITE WHY NOT LINK TO THIS BLOG OR TO OUR WEBSITE?
IF YOU SELL SERVICES TO LANDLORDS, YOU COULD BE A PARTNER ON OUR AFFILIATE PROGRAMME. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!
See our TWITTER PAGE: http://twitter.com/LettingFocus
TO VIEW RELATED POSTS select a “Category” at the bottom of this page.
Copyright: David Lawrenson 2007
It has to be a “long term” disability, which means it has to last or be expected to last for over a year.
Things like cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis are also included within the definition.
The new rules came in from December 4th 2006 and say landlords should make “reasonable adjustments” to their property if required and if asked.
There are three areas where the landlord may need to make changes.........
1. The landlord may have to provide auxiliary aids and services.
2. He may need to change practices and procedures associated with the letting.
3. He may need to make a change to the term of the letting where the premises are actually let.
However, what he does NOT need to do is to change or alter any physical feature which is a part of the design or construction of the building.
He cannot pass on the costs associated with making such changes to the tenant - they will have to absorb them as yet more overheads - but landlords only have to do what is “reasonable” in the circumstances and any disruption to others has to be taken into account.
Disabled people may qualify for Disabled Facilities Grants administered by local authorities. In this instance, there would be no burden on the landlord.
ABOUT LETTINGFOCUS AND WHAT WE DO
LettingFocus.com is the home of landlord information.
I’m David Lawrenson.
I’ve been a landlord and property investor myself for over 25 years and am author of “Successful Property Letting” – the UK’s top selling commercially published property book for the last 3 years.
I help private landlord investors via my seminars and one to one advice (see more on this below) but these days I’m mainly a consultant to banks, local authorities, social housing providers and other organisations – helping them with their landlord facing or buy to let product strategies and services.
I also write for property websites and am regularly quoted by the media.
I have written articles, guides and documents on letting property and property investing for numerous publications including The Independent, The Telegraph and for quality landlord and property websites.
Services for Private Landlords
For private landlords and other investors in the private rented sector, we do two London seminars each year.
We also find some spare time to help landlords and property investors by coaching them in how to make money in the private rented sector using ways that work, which are ethical, fair to tenants and which involve minimal risk to the investor.
We pride ourselves on giving independent unbiased buy to let advice on either a one to one mentoring / coaching basis or through our occasional group seminars.
With no links to property firms, developers or bridging loan providers we can advise on where and what type of property to buy for investment and when to buy it. We also show you how to manage tenants properly.
AT OUR WEBSITE LETTINGFOCUS.COM:
THE HOME PAGE OF THIS BLOG click here: Blog
THE HOME PAGE OF OUR MAIN SITE click here: LettingFocus Home Page
For general info on our CONSULTING click here: Consultancy and Seminars
ONE TO ONE PRIVATE CONSULTANCY click here: Property Mentoring
NEXT SEMINAR AND NETWORKING EVENT for Landlords and Property Investors:
Next Property Investment Seminar and Networking Event
We have OFFERS on a range of services and products for landlords too; click here including landlords insurance, tenant referencing, tenancy agreements and more: Services and Products for Landlords
TO READ CLIENT TESTIMONIALS – both commercial and private click here: Testimonials
BUY “SUCCESSFUL PROPERTY LETTING” click here: Buy the Book at Amazon plus anything else you fancy at Amazon.co.uk
To JOIN our Free QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER simply send an email to david@LettingFocus.com - Please note we WILL NOT send spam or sell our mailing list to advertisers!
IF YOU HAVE A SITE WHY NOT LINK TO THIS BLOG OR TO OUR WEBSITE?
IF YOU SELL SERVICES TO LANDLORDS, YOU COULD BE A PARTNER ON OUR AFFILIATE PROGRAMME. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH!
See our TWITTER PAGE: http://twitter.com/LettingFocus
TO VIEW RELATED POSTS select a “Category” at the bottom of this page.
Copyright: David Lawrenson 2007
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