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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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Theresa May’s failing hostile environment: immigration checks by landlords breach human rights
Tom Simcock, Edge Hill University The “right-to-rent” scheme was a cornerstone of Theresa May’s hostile environment, which she put in place during her time as home secretary to curb illegal migration to the UK. Since 2016, the scheme has required landlords to check the status of their tenants by reviewing identification documents – a passport,…
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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…
