A group of Conservative MPs said the Renters Reform Bill would add ‘to the burden of landlords’.
The Government has come under fire from Tory MPs over its plans to reform the rental sector, even after ministers indefinitely delayed the promised ban on “no-fault” evictions.
In the Commons, Conservative former minister Sir Edward Leigh told MPs: “Banning no-fault evictions will make the rental market even more stagnant and will lead to a further drying up of it.”is currently introducing the Second Reading of our Renters Reform Bill in Parliament.
He added: “This Bill, without pinching the TV headline, is not what it says on the tin. It should be renamed the rogue landlord and nightmare tenants bill, because all it does is force good landlords to take action that they wouldn’t normally take.” In the Commons, the Housing Secretary sought to bat away suggestions from his own benches that the Bill was un-Conservative, telling MPs that section 21 “has been used to silence those who have complained about the quality of their property, to intimidate them into accepting excessive rent rises”.
Tory backbencher Sir Edward could be heard to shout “it is un-Conservative” as Mr Gove set out his argument. “Renters are at the sharp edge of the current housing crisis and urgently need the protections and support in this Bill.”
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