The British government announced a reform in England on Wednesday aimed at ending the right of homeowners to evict tenants without giving any justification.
The UK as a whole is experiencing a housing shortage crisis caused by skyrocketing rents and a shortage of new buildings.
This reform, which will apply only to England – one of the four countries that make up the country – will respond to one of the main demands of the hired defense groups.
The opposition Labor Party received the Conservative government’s plan with reservations and promised, if it comes to power in a year and a half, to push forward with a reform allowing building in protected areas.
Last year, housing advocacy group Shelter said nearly 230,000 tenants had received a “no-fault” eviction notice since April 2019, when the UK government first pledged to abolish the practice.
More owners are using it since the government lifted eviction restrictions imposed during the covid-19 pandemic.
Housing Minister Michael Gove explained that under the proposed new legislation landlords would have to provide a reason for eviction and tenants would be able to contest this.
“This government is determined to address these grievances by offering a new deal for those in the private rental sector, a deal with quality, affordability and equality at the heart,” he said.
Siobhan Donachie, a spokeswoman for the London Tenants’ Union, welcomed the “long overdue” bill, but accused the reform outlined by Gove of failing to protect tenants from exorbitant rent increases.
He denounced, “For many families struggling with housing costs right now, a 20% rent increase is simply an eviction through no fault of another name.”
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