A total of 87 MPs declared an income as landlords, including 19% of Conservatives.
The government has indefinitely delayed its long-promised ban on no fault evictions, which was part of the Conservatives’ 2019 manifesto. Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years.
On Gove’s letter to Tory MPs, Angela Rayner the Shadow Housing Secretary said: “The government has betrayed renters with this grubby deal with the Tory backbenches. The Conservatives’ long-promised ban on no fault evictions has majority and cross-party support across the House, but this flip-flop kicks it into the long grass. “Having broken the justice system, they are now using their own failure to indefinitely delay keeping their promises to renters in the most underhand way.
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