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In a government debate, Sir Christopher Chope MP said the consequences of the bill will result in a reduction of supply and high rents. His comments were made during a Westminister Hall debate about the cost of living and the private rented sector. He argued that the...
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A recent Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee heard evidence from Ben Beadle, NRLA and Shelter’s policy manager Tarun Bhakta, as well as the Property Ombudsman Richard Blakeway. It can be seen in full here. Shelter made several dreadful proposals:...
Progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons has been unexpectedly slow, with no date for the ‘second’ reading. It is considered unusual for a Bill to take this long to move from a first to second reading, with the committee stage, third reading,...
Gina Peters, head of the landlord and tenant department at Dutton Gregory, has advised clients through the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, the Housing Act 1988 and 1996, and the Deregulation Act 2015 – and now the 2023 Renters Reform Bill. In a critique of the Renters...
Landlords will continue with ‘no fault’ evictions even after Section 21 evictions are banned if renters’ rights are not strengthened, charity warns. Citizens Advice helped almost 2,000 people with Section 21 issues in May, the most in a single month on record and a...
Under the Renters Reform Bill, it is proposed that a new Landlords Database will be introduced and that all landlords will have to be part of it. Within the Bill, the government makes a commitment to establish a new Property Portal that would include all the vital...
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The Fabian Society is a left wing think tank, and one of its researchers has written in the LeftFoot Forward...
In a government debate, Sir Christopher Chope MP said the consequences of the bill will result in a reduction of...
The Behavioural Insights Team have published a blog asking why the Renters Reform Bill doesn't contain a 'low cost...