Renters’ Rights Bill to return to Parliament in January
The Renters’ Rights Bill will return to the House of Commons on January 14, 2025.
The government has confirmed that the Bill will be brought back after the parliamentary recess for the report stage and third reading.
The Bill will abolish Section 21 no-fault evictions and apply Awaab’s law to the private rented sector.
Bill will return to Parliament after Christmas break
Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, confirmed that the Bill will return to Parliament after the Christmas break. She said:
“The provisional business for the week commencing January 13th includes the remaining stages of the Renters’ Rights Bill on Tuesday, January 14th.”
The report stage will allow MPs to propose amendments, which will be selected by the Speaker on the same day.
The third reading, the final opportunity for the Commons to debate the Bill, will typically follow immediately after the report stage. At the end of the debate, the House will vote on whether to approve the Bill’s third reading.
After that, the Bill will move to the House of Lords for its first reading.
Doesn’t go far enough for renters
The Renters’ Reform Coalition praised the government for bringing back the Bill to Parliament.
On a post on X, formerly Twitter, the tenant campaign group said: “We welcome return the bill – it has a lot of positives – but it doesn’t go far enough to deliver for renters.”
The campaign group demands the government provide compensation for ‘no-fault’ evictions. They say evicted tenants should be given ‘an automatic right’ to two months’ non-payment of rent at the end of their tenancy.
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Member Since January 2024 - Comments: 340
10:07 AM, 30th December 2024, About 1 year ago
Why does the Property 118 continue to use incorrect terminology in its articles?
The terminology “Section 21 no-fault evictions” is incorrect – section 21 has never been about “no-fault evictions”. By using incorrect terminology P118 is pandering to the rhetoric that landlords use section 21 to force tenants out, which, in the vast majority of cases, is nonsense.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2187 - Articles: 2
10:56 AM, 30th December 2024, About 1 year ago
“The campaign group demands the government provide compensation for ‘no-fault’ evictions.”
Why? Such evictions (albeit misnamed) are going to be banned.
In any case, I am all in favour of the “government providing compensation”, just as long as I do not have to.
Member Since January 2024 - Comments: 340
12:48 PM, 30th December 2024, About 1 year ago
“They say evicted tenants should be given ‘an automatic right’ to two months’ non-payment of rent at the end of their tenancy.”
Fine, as long as landlords have an automatic right to two months’ additional rent at the beginning of the tenancy, and automatic right to an uplift in the additional rent if the rent increases.
Member Since September 2015 - Comments: 5
5:42 PM, 1st January 2025, About 1 year ago
Does the clause about not being able to accept more than 1 month’s rent in advance extend to foreign students? I cannot see how this would work as they don’t have guarantors
Member Since January 2023 - Comments: 317
7:50 PM, 1st January 2025, About 1 year ago
So by the 14th we will know what the final bill will look like as the Lords with do naff all to change it.
The LL/Agents organisations then need to call this Bill out as anti-growth to ALL media outlets on the 15th. Lets face it Labour has a living example of this via their Budget which is driving no growth.
Ie. This has go to be the worse Labour government there has ever been. Under Blair PRS flourished.
I am increasingly believing this will truly be a one term government.
Member Since January 2025 - Comments: 4
9:11 PM, 1st January 2025, About 1 year ago
I have been part of a Guarantee Rent scheme for 8 years. My contract is with the agency and they put in social tenants. It has worked very well so far.
I asked them what the Renter Reform Bill will mean to their business model..so far no response.
Any heads up?