Renters Reform Bill: MP landlords must reveal if they’ve evicted tenants using section 21 notice

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The Liberal Democrats have called on landlord MPs to reveal if they have ever used a section 21 notice to evict tenants as the Renters Reform Bill is put before the Commons for Second Reading today.

It has been reported that there are dozens of Conservative MPs set to oppose the Bill. A fifth of the Conservative parliamentary Party are landlords. 

The government has reportedly already made concessions to the potential rebels, delaying the ban on no-fault evictions until legal processes in the courts have been addressed. 

The Liberal Democrats have called on the 68 Conservative MPs who are landlords to reveal if they have ever used a section 21 notice to evict tenants in order to have greater transparency over why they may oppose the ban on them.

Since the ban on section 21 evictions was promised by the Conservatives in 2019, nearly 50,000 households have been put at risk of homelessness due to them, the Liberal Democrats have previously revealed.

Liberal Democrat Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP said:

“In the midst of a cost of living crisis, after years of rents spiralling out of control, this Conservative government has sat on its hands time and again leaving renters without the protections that they deserve. 

“It is not right that those thwarting this legislation do not have to make clear why they have such a keen personal interest in stopping it becoming law. 

“Any MP who has ever used a section 21 notice needs to make that clear to the House and to the public. It would frankly be insulting to all those affected by the delay of this important piece of legislation to not know the true motivations of why so many Conservative MPs oppose the ban.”

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Notes to Editors:

Liberal Democrats revealing the number of households put at risk of homelessness due to section 21 notices since 2019 is reported in the i newspaper here.