Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Long title
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
Summary
<p>The recent economic downturn has been accompanied by a rise in the numbers of homes being repossessed. The main purpose of the Bill is to offer protection to tenants of rental properties whose landlord has both defaulted on his mortgage and not notified his lender that the property was being let (an 'unauthorised tenancy').</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>gives courts power to postpone the delivery of a possession order, and to stay or suspend the execution of an existing possession order</li><li>ensures the tenant is given notice of a possession order before its execution</li></ul>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
16 December 2009 – 16 December 2009
- 2nd reading· Commons
29 January 2010 – 29 January 2010
- Committee stage· Commons
10 February 2010 – 10 February 2010
- Report stage· Commons
26 February 2010 – 26 February 2010
- 3rd reading· Commons
26 February 2010 – 26 February 2010
- 1st reading· Lords
1 March 2010 – 1 March 2010
- 2nd reading· Lords
30 March 2010 – 30 March 2010
- Order of Commitment discharged· Lords
8 April 2010 – 8 April 2010
- 3rd reading· Lords
8 April 2010 – 8 April 2010
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
8 April 2010 – 8 April 2010
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 568.