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Landlords will be forbidden from evicting tenants for no reason – but reform has only just begun
Tom Simcock, Edge Hill University and Kim McKee, University of Stirling Change is coming. Soon, private tenants in England will have the security they need to call their rented house a home. The UK government has announced plans to abolish “no fault” Section 21 evictions in England, meaning that landlords will no longer be able…
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Housing benefit freeze still driving tenants from their homes, despite Universal Credit reforms
Tom Simcock, Edge Hill University The controversial roll out of Universal Credit has been stalled. Under pressure from across the political spectrum, work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has unveiled a “fresh approach”. Among the new measures, Rudd has announced that the government will launch a digital platform, which promises to streamline housing benefit payments…
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Liverpool judge’s decision recognises that ‘home’ still exists for the homeless
Clare Kinsella, Edge Hill University Stephen Gibney, a Liverpool man, has been sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment for urinating on homeless man Richard Stanley, while he slept rough in Liverpool City Centre. District Judge Wendy Lloyd handed down the sentence not just for degrading Stanley as a person, but also for attacking his home. Justice…
