Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment in respect of making behaviour capable of causing nuisance or annoyance a ground for eviction in the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21, so called 'no fault' evictions, which will make tenants significantly more secure in their homes. Landlords will always need a reason to evict a tenant and should be prepared to evidence this in court. To ensure that landlords can gain possession when reasonable, we will strengthen the grounds for possession.
We will introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this parliament and a full impact assessment will be published alongside the Bill.
Of course, owning a musical instrument, or playing one at normal volume during appropriate hours, is not in of itself a ground for eviction.
Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his Department's policy that operation of a musical instrument at reasonable hours would be a ground for eviction as a behaviour capable of causing nuisance or annoyance in the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21, so called 'no fault' evictions, which will make tenants significantly more secure in their homes. Landlords will always need a reason to evict a tenant and should be prepared to evidence this in court. To ensure that landlords can gain possession when reasonable, we will strengthen the grounds for possession.
We will introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this parliament and a full impact assessment will be published alongside the Bill.
Of course, owning a musical instrument, or playing one at normal volume during appropriate hours, is not in of itself a ground for eviction.
Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his Department's policy that possession of a musical instrument would be a ground for eviction as a behaviour capable of causing nuisance or annoyance in the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21, so called 'no fault' evictions, which will make tenants significantly more secure in their homes. Landlords will always need a reason to evict a tenant and should be prepared to evidence this in court. To ensure that landlords can gain possession when reasonable, we will strengthen the grounds for possession.
We will introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this parliament and a full impact assessment will be published alongside the Bill.
Of course, owning a musical instrument, or playing one at normal volume during appropriate hours, is not in of itself a ground for eviction.
Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if they will publish the payments made to officials in their Department for relocation to government offices outside London in 2021.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government is committed to Places for Growth. This policy is intended to help address the imbalance of public sector roles throughout the UK and to boost local economic growth, outside of London and the South East. The intention is to build more sustainable career paths for civil servants, including senior officials, outside of London. To achieve these ends some relocations are required. A total of £37,429 was paid for costs incurred in relocating outside London.
Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the full unsafe building remediation contract between his Department and participating developers, which was due to be finalised on 10 August, will be published.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are currently working with developers and other stakeholders to finalise the terms of the contract and we will publish the final form of the contract as soon as possible.