19 February 2021
Writing in NLJ this week, David Renton examines the current status of the eviction ban, and revisits the government’s promised—but as yet undelivered—reforms to the landlord and tenant sector.
Despite ministers’ assurances that the government remains committed to tenancy reform, so far it ‘has refused to publish draft legislation or to provide a parliamentary timetable so that its commitments could have meaning’, Renton notes.
He emphasises the thousands of people left in situations of insecurity—with social housing debt estimated to have risen to more than £1bn over the course of pandemic—adding that ‘day by day and week by week, the pressure is growing on the government to act on its promises.’
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