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It’s five years and four PMs since Tory vow to ban no-fault evictions. Why are we still waiting?
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It’s five years and four PMs since Tory vow to ban no-fault evictions. Why are we still waiting?

Theresa May announced that no-fault evictions would be scrapped on 15 April 2019 – the same day the iconic Notre-Dame cathedral caught fire. Here’s what has happened since then

No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge
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No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge

It’s five years to the day since the government promised to axe no-fault evictions and the delays in removing them from law has caused ‘real human suffering and damage’, says renting campaigners

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’
Housing

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’

Labour has dropped its pledge to abolish leasehold within the first 100 days of government if it wins the general election. The party is still committed to scrapping the system

‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness
Homelessness

‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’
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Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’

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Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told
Renters Reform Bill

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told

No-fault evictions will be banned by next election, Michael Gove promises: ‘We will have outlawed it’
RENTING

No-fault evictions will be banned by next election, Michael Gove promises: ‘We will have outlawed it’

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: ‘People are dying’
Renting

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: ‘People are dying’

Home Office’s asylum accommodation policy ‘creates problems’, admits Michael Gove
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office’s asylum accommodation policy ‘creates problems’, admits Michael Gove

Housing benefit boost for renters will be wiped out by 2025, experts warn
Renting

Housing benefit boost for renters will be wiped out by 2025, experts warn

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions
End Housing Insecurity Now

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions

No, banning no-fault evictions will not hurt renters – here’s proof
RENTING

No, banning no-fault evictions will not hurt renters – here’s proof

Renters Reform Bill: Tenants fear even further delays to ban on no-fault evictions
Renting

Renters Reform Bill: Tenants fear even further delays to ban on no-fault evictions

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay
Renting

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: ‘Will we ever see it again?’
End Housing Insecurity Now

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: ‘Will we ever see it again?’

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
River pollution

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them
RENTING

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them

More than 60,000 households faced homelessness from no-fault eviction since the Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

More than 60,000 households faced homelessness from no-fault eviction since the Tories promised to ban them

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Sadiq Khan wants a rent freeze to give renters ‘badly needed respite’
Renting

Sadiq Khan wants a rent freeze to give renters ‘badly needed respite’

Renters Reform Bill set to arrive next week, Michael Gove confirms
RENTING

Renters Reform Bill set to arrive next week, Michael Gove confirms

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness
Homelessness

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness

Airbnb hosts may need planning permission for short-term lets in new government crackdown
Housing crisis

Airbnb hosts may need planning permission for short-term lets in new government crackdown