RENTERS were today promised ironclad protections against being chucked out by shameless landlords for no reason.
Boris Johnson announced in the Queen’s Speech he will scrap “no fault evictions” in the coming year.
Currently landlords can send their tenants packing with eight weeks notice without any explanation.
But the PM today vowed to abolish the section 21 orders that leave vulnerable renters in the lurch.
Fresh powers will also be handed to local councils to crack down on unscrupulous landlords and settle disputes.
The Renters Reform Bill also promises to halve the number of renters living in squalid homes by 2030.
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Prince Charles today stepped in to deliver the Queen’s Speech after his frail mother was last night forced to pull out over mobility issues.
The speech included a raft of bills to “turbocharge” Britain’s economy through the cost of living storm.
Key promises include:
- A BREXIT bonanza to rip up £1billion of EU red tape still slapped on businesses
- A BAN on eco goons locking onto buildings and blockading vital services
- A CRACKDOWN on kids skipping school with new attendance rules
- PROSECUTING tech bosses for flouting tough new social media rules
- RIGHTS for renters from shameless landlord chucking them out
- LETTING councils turn streets into al fresco dining hubs
- BLOCKING ferry companies that don’t pay minimum wage from ports
- A BRITISH Bill of Rights to wrestle back powers from EU judges
- POWERS for local authorities to force owners to use empty properties
- GIVING local residents a say over street names
- STRIKING out with trade deals with Australia and New Zealand
- PROTECTIONS for Northern Ireland veterans from being hounded
- BANNING fake online reviews in a digital crackdown
- OUTLAWING cruel gender conversion therapy practices
- DRIVING out dodgy money and criminal gangs
The Conservative manifesto pledged “private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without a good reason”.
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Evictions were banned during lockdown but were resumed again as Britain tore up pandemic rules.
Campaigners have been piling pressure on ministers to protect renters from unscrupulous landlords.
In a letter to the PM, the Renters’ Reform Coalition said: “With the rising cost of living, additional pressure is being placed on renters of all ages and backgrounds.
“Rapidly rising rents are squeezing household budgets and pushing ordinary people further from the dream of home ownership.
“The end of Coronavirus Act protections means that, until section 21 is repealed, renting families live in fear that requests for repairs could be met with an eviction that uproots their lives and adds further financial strain.”
TURBO CHARGE
Boris Johnson today unveiled his masterplan to “turbocharge” Britain through the raging cost of living hell.
He said unleashing the economy with Brexit bonuses was the best way to bring bills down in the long run.
But he warned against racking up any more debt to cushion the blow for hard-up families with cash support.
In a blunt dose of reality he said: “No country is immune and no government can realistically shield everyone from the impact.”
In a preamble to the Queen’s Speech he added: “We must also remember that for every pound of taxpayer’s money we spend on reducing bills now, it is a pound we are not investing in bringing down bills and prices over the longer term.
“And that if anything, this moment makes clear our best remedy lies in urgently delivering on our mission to turbo charge the economy, create jobs and spread opportunity across the country.”
