Housing related Bills before Parliament
Updated 30.04.24
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Affordable Housing (Conversion of Commercial Property) Bill
to make provision to enable local authorities to establish planning obligations relating to affordable housing in respect of the conversion of commercial property to residential use; and for connected purposes.
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Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill
To exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements.
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A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
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Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill
To place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears; and for connected purposes.
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Housing Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill
To amend the Housing Act 1988 so that long leases of residential dwellings would not be deemed to be assured tenancies for the purposes of that Act.
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Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill
To require landlords in the private rented sector to remedy hazards in leased dwellings; and for connected purposes.
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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
To prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their flats, to give such tenants the right to reduce the rent payable under their leases to a peppercorn, to regulate the relationship between residential landlords and tenants, to regulate residential estate management, to regulate rent charges and to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 in connection with the remediation of building defects and the insolvency of persons who have repairing obligations relating to certain kinds of buildings.
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Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill 2019-21
To amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
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To make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.
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Under-occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of repealing those provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 which provide for persons to be paid reduced rates of housing benefit or universal credit because their accommodation is deemed to be under-occupied.
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