Re: Rental accommodation scheme (RAS)
Yes it is true that my statements are based on my opinion.
Nuff said. My statements are factual, yours are not.
Dublin Co Co contacted me a couple of years ago a asked if I would switch a tenant over to RAS. After discussions with them and a detailed examination of the propsoed contract, I decided to steer well clear of it for the reasons I have stated already.
The reasons you stated already are:
However as the council have full control over who can be housed in your house you are relying on the council looking after your interest
I have shown how it is possible to use the RAS scheme to your advantage - and vet your own tenants like I did. I also propose that unlike your theory that the CC have a waiting list of unruly, criminal tenants waiting to jump into any house on the RAS scheme that in reality I could atually proactively organize a replacement tenant myself. If it ever happens to me that a tenant does leave I will surely try this and report back same.
Where do you think the council puts tenants who have been evicted by housing associations or unstable people in crisis situations?
I don't know, where? You seem to know it all...do tell us. They keep them locked in the filing cabinet with my RAS contract dont they?
The contract lets the council off the hook and until the councils accept responsibility for unruly tenants and the damage they may cause you would want to be mad or desparate to sign up to it.
You are looking at the RAS contract all wrong. THe RAS scheme is a way for you to get a tenant/guaranteed rent provided by the CC. I ask you again are you saying that everyone that uses the services of the CC is some form of sub-human not worthy of respect and a warm safe home?
When you sign a contract with RAS it is similar to an agency getting you a tenant. You have no idea what sort of tenant the agency will get you - they are just looking for their fee really. If the agency got you a tenant that caused criminal damage to your property, could you sue them? Of course not. The rental contract is between you and the tenant, not you and the agency.
Paint me mad and desperate then. I advertised my house and got a half dozen replies. Vetted and chose the best candidate that just happened to be RAS. Four years later shes still there. The CC has agreed to pay the rent for the next two years after which they will review at that point. If my tenant wants to stay (she is looking for 10 years) at that point they may pay me more in rent if I can negotiate same.
Look, just leave them to other LLs. I will never prove to you that its a good deal anyways.