Angela Rayner tells Shelter: Labour will ban no-fault evictions
Angela Rayner has promised a Labour government will immediately end Section 21.
Ms Rayner claims the Tories “have completely failed a generation of renters” by not passing the Renters (Reform) Bill.
Housing charity Shelter met Ms Rayner in Darlington on the general election campaign trail.
Labour will immediately end no-fault evictions
The Renters (Reform) Bill failed to pass before the general election despite the Labour party claiming they would have supported it.
In the interview, a Shelter spokesperson asks what a Labour government will do to end the housing emergency in England.
In a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, Ms Rayner said: “The Tories have completely failed a generation of renters and people who need a home.
“Homelessness has got worse under the Tories. Labour will immediately end no-fault evictions which the Tories promised and never delivered.”
We’ll build more social homes
Ms Rayner also claims a Labour government will build more social homes.
She adds: “We’ll build 1.5 million homes which will include social homes, so we have the homes we need for the future. We’ll push developers in their 106 notices to get the infrastructure and the social housing we need as part of those developments.”
The full video interview with Shelter can be seen below. Property118 has contacted the Conservative party for comment.
We met @AngelaRayner on the campaign trail in Darlington to ask the crucial question: what will @UKLabour do to end the housing emergency?
Here's what she had to say👇
We want to speak with candidates from the other major parties to ask the same question. #GeneralElection pic.twitter.com/s7TWFcnxHL
— Shelter (@Shelter) June 4, 2024
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9:51 PM, 8th June 2024, About 2 years ago
I doubt that she could immediately ban it, for a start there would have to be a notification period to landlords as yo how the new S8 would work. So you would be looking at at least 3 months grace, time to allow start up of a few more S21’s
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9:57 PM, 8th June 2024, About 2 years ago
Shelter, together with the fatuous Michael Gove, is itself responsible for the homelessness crisis. By demonising and alienating landlords, Shelter has driven many landlords from the sector, accelerating the rate of Section 21 notices and reducing the number of homes available in the PRS.
Landlords mainly provide decent homes for people, a worthy public service . Why should landlords be vilified and abused by people who provide no accommodation at all?
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12:03 PM, 16th June 2024, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Stella at 05/06/2024 – 11:104 of my houses are in Rayner’s constuency of Ashton Under Lyne. I’m coming up to retirement, and with section 21 going, it could be a tall order to sell up and get out. The worry is obviously that the new section 8 grounds, where selling up unconditionally was possible, will be changed unfavourably. What can we do? We don’t know what will come out, but fast tracking section 21 abolishion with more leglislation ” to follow” is extremely worrying.
Further, my Victorian terrace houses are EPC Ds and Es. Costly reconstruction work is required and the catch22 is tenants can’t be in place whilst ongoing, and we can’t evict. Tenant objection to work letter will probably still be an option, but it could be provision of temp accomodation, at landlord’s cost! 4 star hotel ??