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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of long-term rental properties in holiday resorts and city centres as a result of the introduction of periodic tenancies.

The Government is providing tenants with a fairer deal, moving to periodic tenancies for all renters. This will protect tenants from the injustice of being forced to pay for unsafe or non-decent homes, and retain the flexibility that is one of the key benefits of renting in the PRS.

The two Government consultations on the 'Introduction of a use class for short term lets and associated permitted development rights' and the 'Consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England' closed on 7 June. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Culture Media and Sport are in the process of analysing responses for their respective consultations. Further announcements will be made in due course.