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The Renters (Reform) Bill was a proposed Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, on 17 May 2023. The legislation proposed to end the no-fault eviction of tenants, as well as making it easier for landlords to evict antisocial tenants.
Sir Keir Starmer said ‘too many people currently live with the threat of insecurity and injustice’ when renting their homes.
The Bill also aims to put tenants in a stronger position to challenge unreasonable rent increases and place restrictions on landlords to ensure they can only raise rent once a year at the market rate.
The Renters Reform Bill would have impacted on both the 11 million private renters and 2.3 million landlords in England. After the announcement of the 2024 general election, the bill was axed during the parliamentary wash-up period. [72] The Renters Reform Bill would have: [73]
The remaining legislation is found in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56), which gives rights to business tenants, and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70) which gives some rights, although fewer, to people renting for the purpose of a home.
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Rent prices rose 7.45% year over year in November, according to the latest available data from the Rent Report, the slowest annual rise over the last 15 months. Still, this increase is more than ...
In August 2018, the government published the Social Housing Green Paper: A New Deal for Social Housing, alongside a public consultation which ran August-November 2018. [7] Proposals centred on "rebalancing of the relationship between residents and landlords", ensuring social homes are safe and decent, whilst issues are resolved and residents ...