Sunak faces Tory revolt over renting reforms with ban on 'no-fault evictions'
Ministers are pushing through a clampdown on so-called no-fault evictions of renters The UK Conservative Party is facing a revolt against the Renters (Reform) Bill, which includes a ban on 'no-fault evictions' and measures to improve conditions in the rental market. The bill includes the proposal to ban section 21 and other measures to reduce the supply of rental properties and increase rents. Campaigners claim tens of thousands of tenants have been kicked out of their homes since the first proposed the change in April 2019. However, some Conservative MPs have expressed opposition to the bill, arguing that it will create a fairer private rented sector and strengthen landlords' rights of possession. The Government has stated it will not begin the abolition of section 21 until stronger possession grounds and a new court process is in place.
Pubblicato : 2 anni fa di Nicholas Cecil in Politics
MPs were set to debate the Renters (Reform) Bill, which includes the Government’s proposal to ban section 21 so-called no-fault evictions, alongside other measures intended to improve conditions in the rental market.
Campaigners say tens of thousands of tenants have been kicked out of their homes, including many in London, since the Government first proposed the change in April 2019 which was then included in the Conservatives’ manifesto later that year.
But some Conservative MPs are vowing to oppose the legislation which gets its Second Reading on Monday.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh opposes the thrust of the bill as he believes it will reduce the supply of rental properties and push up rents.
But Housing Minister Rachel Maclean said: “We are delivering our manifesto pledge to create a fairer private rented sector for tenants and landlords, ending no-fault evictions and strengthening landlords’ rights of possession on issues like anti-social behaviour - all part of our long term plan for housing.”
Labour claims that 71,310 households have had to leave their homes due to section 21 notices since April 2019, and that 21,332 households have had bailiffs kick them out.
Shadow housing secretary and Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said: “After four and half years of foot-dragging over Tory promises, there can be no more dither and delay in ending no fault evictions.”
But the Government has said it “will not commence the abolition of section 21 until stronger possession grounds and a new court process is in place”.