{"id":19939,"date":"2018-05-23T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T12:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=19939"},"modified":"2020-07-08T15:24:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T14:24:52","slug":"hanky-panky-stops-for-welsh-landlords","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=19939","title":{"rendered":"Hanky Panky stops for Welsh landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19992 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridgend-County-Borough-Council-buildings-1024x237.jpg\" alt=\"Bridgend County Borough Council buildings\" width=\"840\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridgend-County-Borough-Council-buildings-1024x237.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridgend-County-Borough-Council-buildings-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridgend-County-Borough-Council-buildings-768x178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bridgend-County-Borough-Council-buildings-1200x278.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The underhand tactics of landlords in Wales, some of whom currently offer reduced rent in return for sex, are about to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nipped in the bud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by ministers of the Welsh government. Dubious sales pitches have including lines such as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8216;Tenant with benefits wanted&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Maisonette share, very\u00c2\u00a0low\u00c2\u00a0cost, with dominant strict gentleman&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Female with whom I can come to an arrangement&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Renting rooms for sexual favours is seen as a growing menace by the Welsh government, and a by-product of a housing crisis where young people are unable to afford somewhere to live without spending excessively.<\/p>\n<p>The government wants to confront the growing problem by amending the Code of Practice for Rent Smart Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn Bowden, Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, recently met with the Minister for Housing and Regeneration in Wales, Rebecca Evans, to express her concerns, with the latter pledging to end \u00e2\u20ac\u0153these horrendous practices\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Bowden, Evans stated that she had already instructed officials to amend the Code of Practice for Landlords and Agents licensed under Rent Smart Wales to make it clear that: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153anyone who advertises property for rent with a requirement of sex risks losing their licence to operate in Wales\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>The letter from Evans also states that she had: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153asked officials to work with advertisers, and others, to find ways to stop these advertisements. I would also like to see an awareness and information campaign to highlight the dangers of replying to such advertisements\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact your local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/\">PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/a> Chartered Surveyor in Wales and England for no hanky panky, commercial or home property surveying services from a local surveying professional and no strings attached.<\/p>\n<p>RW\/LCB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=19878\">Back to May 2018 Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/INDEX\/INDEX1.html\">www.PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The underhand tactics of landlords in Wales, some of whom currently offer reduced rent in return for sex, are about to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nipped in the bud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by ministers of the Welsh government. Dubious sales pitches have including lines such as: &#8216;Tenant with benefits wanted&#8217; &#8216;Maisonette share, very\u00c2\u00a0low\u00c2\u00a0cost, with dominant strict gentleman&#8217; &#8216;Female with whom I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=19939\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hanky Panky stops for Welsh landlords&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22333,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[570],"class_list":["post-19939","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hanky Panky stops for Welsh landlords - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=19939\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hanky Panky stops for Welsh landlords - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The underhand tactics of landlords in Wales, some of whom currently offer reduced rent in return for sex, are about to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nipped in the bud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by ministers of the Welsh government. 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