Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on helping prevent discriminatory practices against people who are (a) older, (b) in receipt of Housing Benefit and (c) in receipt of other benefits in the private rented sector.

We are committed to outlawing unacceptable discriminatory blanket ban practices against renters who receive benefits in the private rented sector – while ensuring that landlords retain the final say on who they let their property to.

The Government tabled amendments to the Renters (Reform) Bill on 15 November to make it illegal for landlords and agents to have blanket bans on renting to people who receive benefits or who have children.