Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) to consider the impact on this sector of the Renters (Reform) Bill. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) The briefing from the Renters’ Reform Coalition was excellent and starts by saying:“The private rented - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) why the Renters Reform Coalition has branded it a failure. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The Government’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill and Renters (Reform) Bill will help drive up overall - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Through the Renters (Reform) Bill and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, we are taking forward specific - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) and renters—whoever they may be—interacting with the system. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Surely we should take the opportunity to amend the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill or the Renters - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Renters (Reform) Bill is progressing through Parliament. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) In Committee on the Renters (Reform) Bill, the Minister has said that the ban cannot be enacted until - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) For renters, often struggling to make ends meet and facing losing their homes, access to a legal aid - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) We do not see evidence of a reduction of available rental properties in the market and would be concerned - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) bring down costs for renters and home owners. - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)
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 with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of court processes for the repossession of rental properties before the commencement of the Renters (Reform) Bill.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
With regards to specialist housing courts and the impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on levels of demand on the courts, I refer the Hon Member to the answers given to Question UIN 203400 on 26 October 2023 and Question UIN 10066 on 25 January 2024.
The Government monitors possession claim actions in the county courts using the Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice. We will set out further details shortly about how we will assess the operation of the courts in the context of the changes to possession processes which we are introducing through the Renters (Reform) Bill.
Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) I am delighted to bring the Renters (Reform) Bill back to the House on Report. - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) on to the rental ladder. - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The Renters (Reform) Bill had the potential to bring much-needed security and safety to renters, yet - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) so long for the Renters (Reform) Bill to be on Report. - Speech Link
5: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) tenant, especially the 20 that make up the Renters Reform Coalition.Labour has consistently argued that - Speech Link
Found: Renters (Reform) Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Clause 90 BARONESS
Mentions:
1: Anne Marie Morris (Con - Newton Abbot) that have been made, does it not seem obvious that what we need is a proper impact assessment of the reform - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) that there are not enough properties available for long-term rental by local people. - Speech Link
3: Anne Marie Morris (Con - Newton Abbot) Is it not also clear, following the Renters (Reform) Bill, that there has been a haemorrhaging of landlords - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) the mortgage interest relief restrictions that have stifled the supply of the homes that renters desperately - Speech Link
5: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The intention is for the tax reform to apply to all properties.There will continue to be benefits. - Speech Link
Found: Renters (Reform) Bill RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Tabled
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on what the average rental costs were for houses in multiple occupation in Lewisham East constituency in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN HL2677 on 6 March 2024 and the answer to Question UIN 22233 on 22 April 2024. We are abolishing Section 21 evictions as part of the Renters (Reform) Bill.
No information is held centrally on the average rental costs of houses in multiple occupation in Lewisham East.
Found: Renters (Reform) Bill RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Tabled