Press release 11th May 2022, click here to view

Government to deliver ‘new deal’ for renters

• Renters Reform Bill will provide biggest change to renters law in a generation – improving conditions and rights for millions in private and socially rented sector

• Legislation will drive up quality for private renters, extending the Decent Homes Standard to the sector for the first time and giving all renters the legal right to a safe and warm home

• It will ban Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, protecting tenants from unscrupulous landlords, while strengthening landlords’ legitimate grounds for taking back their property

• Government outlines new legislation for social renters, with regular rigorous inspections and stronger powers to tackle failings by social housing landlords