Government criticised for ‘watered down’ Renting Reform Bill

82 MP's and ministers, mostly Tories, are private landlords and property developers. Mmm?

They are all landlords. What would we expect.

The first thing that we need to evict is this government...

Gove is a weasel.

we need a new government

I'm a landlord and I would be happy to abolish no-fault evictions (section 21) as long as there is legislation to remove tenants that stop paying rent or cause anti-social behaviour to neighbours.

Almost everything in UK is behind compared to other European countries, housing, airports, healthcare, roads, Law Enforcement, right down to the water pressure in the house. Germany's law enforcement took down a coup, Belgium's healthcare ranks 3rd in the world, France has arguably the best water supply in the world, Italy has on average some of the longest living people in the world with a blue zone in their country. Norway's prison system is great too, meanwhile England still hires surgeons and GP's from Europe even though they left the EU. Their own government doesn't play by its own rules, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock during the pandemic are prime examples. Their healthcare service is collapsing, their teachers and ambulance workers are striking too. How far has the "5th richest country on Earth" fallen.

Given how many in the Houses of Commons and Lords are "Landlords", is it any wonder it's the landlords who're the only ones happy about any of this?

Disgraceful but expected. And let me tell you, I've experienced a section 21 eviction: it's traumatising. Safe housing should be a basic right. Housing should not be an asset, to be hoarded by those who have the resources to buy them. There are plenty of homes. It's the same with everything, a few people have most of them. Half of them are holiday lets, and the rest are mortgaged to the hilt. It's deeply unethical. Until this changes, the UK can't get better.

Tom paid his rent on time, was a good tenant and this is what he gets.

this country is doomed at all levels

Start preparing homeless camps in Palace gardens & parks. Their horses have better places to live than homeless.

-Rejected for a job you're qualified for. Ask why? - "I don't have to give you a reason". -Rejected for or told to leave a property you wish to rent or are renting. Ask why? - "I don't have to give you a reason". -Life in the UK so heavily favors a minority. Ask why? - "I don't have to give you a reason".

Most tories are landlords, they look after themselves

I was evicted from my home of 11 years last month, so they can turn it into an air bnb. It was challenging being given only 2 months to find somewhere else. My furniture is still scattered in the stairwell of the new apartment building because the best place we could find (while it is a nice flat) is nearly half the size of the last one. I'm doing okay but the laws definitely need to at the bare least extend the notice period by a couple more months, but getting rid of no fault evictions would be a good idea. The previous laws didnt take into account the disruption of air bnb. Why not just convert a flat when its empty? Plus theres all the financial costs of moving and the time it takes

115 MP’s are landlords, often with multiple properties. Says it all really. Complete conflict of interest with their constituents.

They could make no-fault evictions more like redundancies where you get more notice the longer you've been there

In other words, I will be continuing to pay through the nose for a shabby run down apartment that has been in a state of disrepair for a good 3+ years. If I request these repairs get done I risk getting evicted. If I move out and rent out another flat, I will likely be paying even more money to roll the roulette wheel on whether the next landlord will be more reasonable, or (more likely) even more unhelpful. Like myself, most of my friends are in their late 30's now and in similar situation. This is incredibly frustrating because this has set me back personally and professionally, and is making it more difficult to save towards getting on the property ladder myself. I'm disappointed but not surprised at all, what else would you expect from this current government that have given us scandal after scandal for the past several years and only served themselves and their cronies?

We demand that any newcomer to the country only gets the same amount for home rental as housing benefit allows original UK residents, this is criminal... It has to stop.

Gove and his usual disingenuousness. Get the Bill to say the right thing in the first place so that the Lords aren't forced to table lots of amendments, not put a watered-down Bill through then blame the Lords for making lots of amendments.