Tenant organisation calls for a two-year ban on evictions

Tenant organisation calls for a two-year ban on evictions

0:04 AM, 16th February 2024, About 3 months ago 18

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A tenant organisation is demanding new changes to the Renters (Reform) Bill claiming the current measures will still allow unfair evictions. 

In a letter to Michael Gove, the Renters Reform Coalition wants tenants to be given four-month notice periods when being evicted, instead of the usual two months.

The organisation is also calling for renters to be protected from eviction for the first two years of a new tenancy.

Threat of unfair evictions

The Renters Reform Coalition claim without these changes backdoor ‘no fault’ evictions could still happen.

They told Mr Gove in a letter: “Without these changes, the tenant’s experience post-reform will too often resemble the current situation: renters will continue to be subject to the threat of unfair evictions; they will continue to be subject to frequent, expensive moves; and they will continue to feel unable to challenge their landlords to demand that basic standards be met”.

“It is not good enough for the government to tout that proposals in the Renters (Reform) Bill mirror the current protections for tenants. As your government must know in bringing forward legislation, the status quo is totally indefensible.”

Mr Gove promises to abolish Section 21

The organisation adds Mr Gove must not bow down to vested interests.

They tell the Housing Secretary: “In this moment of acute crisis for so many private renters, we urge you to show the necessary political courage to face down vested interests and introduce a set of rental reforms with a realistic chance of meeting your government’s own ambition for a fairer private rented sector.”

While Mr Gove has not responded publicly to the letter he did promise that Section 21 evictions would be abolished before the general election.

The full letter by the Renters Reform Coalition can be read here.


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Dickie Withers

13:03 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Fair, unfair when did this language start to creep in and become acceptable to define laws and legal contracts? Life is not fair. Poo happens. Dose a mortgage company have to wait two years to get the property back can I go to court and claim that it will cause me great hardship and I have nowhere to go your Lordship so if I can stay in the house until I die and maybe pay £1 a my that would be great thanks. Oh and by the way this whole process is unfair.

Dave Bisset

13:07 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Scotland is as bad with a ban on no fault evictions and rent caps. I'm trying to evictions my tenant legally so I can sell up and get out.
Are they so stupid not to see that hammering landlords will make the problem much worse?

TheMaluka

14:19 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Dickie Withers at 17/02/2024 - 13:03
William E. Gladstone: 'Justice delayed is justice denied.'

Stella

15:33 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 16/02/2024 - 16:39
To have to give 2 years notice to a tenant is a big step too far.

All the time the pendulum is oscillating in the wrong direction to the sole advantage of the tenant and these organisations are make more outragous demands all the time because they know that they will get away with it.

They are not taken to task because the media do not do their homework and they like a good anti landlord story. Gove is busy chasing votes, although he would be better served if he tried to win back all the disaffected landlords that he has lost.

GlanACC

15:43 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Stella at 17/02/2024 - 15:33
I doesn't say 2 years notice, it says a new tenant will have a guaranteed 2 years STAY from when they move in, after that it will still be 2 months notice (or maybee 4 that Labour are proposing). So if you want to sell an S8 can be issued withing the first 2 years.

Stella

16:54 PM, 17th February 2024, About 3 months ago

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 17/02/2024 - 15:43
Apologies I stand corrected I meant to say 2 years security of tenure.

Guy Lee

14:32 PM, 18th February 2024, About 3 months ago

I am all for it! I also favour 2 year protection from HMRC, Councils etc in the event of non-payment of my Income Tax or Council Tax bills .......

Yellard

2:11 AM, 21st February 2024, About 3 months ago

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 17/02/2024 - 10:38Grove's blithe claim he will make eviction for anti social behaviour, in return for ending fixed term contracts, easier is sickening.. What if neighbours are too intimadated to want to openly complain? Crafty anti socials can cause damage and blame the landlord for lack of repair and accuse the LL of seeking a "revenge eviction".. The private rental sector is not Council Housing and giving PRS tenants the same rights as Social Housing is literal madness.. Both Labour and Conservative have failed to build enough council housing for 30 years.. And now private property owners are the scapegoat who is going to be sacrificed..

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