The Government will not commit to a date by which the ban on 'section 21' evictions will come into force
has been delayed indefinitely as ministers scramble to avoid a Tory revolt amid lobbying from landlords.promising that the ban on so-called “section 21” evictions, which allow landlords to remove tenants without having to give a reason, will not come into effect until after an overhaul of the courts.
A senior Government source pointed to a report from a cross-party select committee calling for a phased implementation of the new legislation, adding: “We are well aware of the need for urgency, it is a manifesto commitment.” Neither of these suggestions has been put into practice by the Government, despite it being a recommendation of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, which Betts chairs.the delays were “absolute nonsense”.
“If anything, landlords want certainty,” he added. “If businesses hate anything it’s a lack of certainty and clarity and that’s what the stop/start nature of this bill has created.”The ban on no-fault evictions was first promised by Theresa May and then included by Boris Johnson in the last Conservative manifesto, but has been repeatedly delayed thanks to internal opposition.
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