Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 6381
Private Rented Housing: Evictions
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative — North West Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to issue hardship tests in the private rented sector before landlords can evict tenants.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThere are currently no plans to introduce hardship tests relating to eviction of tenants, outside of the existing ’undue hardship’ test in the Housing Act 1988.