Member

Amendment 116 would, where a tenant fails to pay the rent within the pre-tenancy period, enable a landlord to withhold granting the tenancy and giving the tenant occupation of the property. I appreciate my noble friend’s concerns that a tenant could, having entered into a tenancy, subsequently not pay rent. The vast majority of tenants enter into a tenancy agreement with a landlord in good faith and because they need somewhere to live. We think that instances where a tenant deliberately seeks to occupy a property without intending to pay rent would be very limited.