04 August 2023
The Renters Reform Bill aims to change the nature of the landlord-tenant relationship, improving tenants’ security while giving greater flexibility to landlords. But can it achieve this? In this week’s NLJ, Gary Scott, partner at Spector, Constant & Williams, assess its chances.
Scott covers the contents of the Bill, and airs some concerns about its impact in practice. The Bill ends ‘no fault’ eviction (or does it?) and introduces a central database of landlords to help drive out the rogues. But what about its enforcement provisions? Will they be workable? And will landlords with small portfolios give up?
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