Mayor calls shelving of rent reform bill a 'huge betrayal' as new City Hall analysis reveals a 52% in no-fault evictions in the capital
Posted 01.06.24
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The Mayor of London has today called the Government's failure to ban Section 21 'no-fault' evictions a "huge betrayal" of London's 2.7 million private renters.
New City Hall analysis reveals that the number of no-fault eviction claims against private renters in London increased 52% in the past year, more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales over the same period.
The long-anticipated Renters (Reform) Bill, which would have banned landlords from evicting tenants without a good reason and with only two months' notice, will not become law, as Parliament dissolves ahead of the snap election in July.
This means that thousands of private renters across the country continue to face the threat of illegal eviction for an undetermined period of time, adding to the anguish felt by many renters for whom the Government's five-year delay over strengthening the law in favour of tenants has been agonising.
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