Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 900415

Private Rented Housing

Tabled: 9 June 2026
Answered: 15 June 2026
Named Day

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the private rented sector for tenants.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
On 1 May, we switched on the first phase of our transformative Renters’ Rights Act. Measures brought into force included the long overdue abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, a limit of one rent increase a year, new rights to challenge unreasonab...

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