Anti-Evictions Bill 2016

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would make rented homes much harder to lose by giving most tenants stronger rights after only two months, and by making those protected tenancies last indefinitely. It would stop landlords ending a tenancy just because they want to sell the property, require compensation if a tenancy is ended because the landlord or a family member needs to move in, and give tenants longer notice for rent increases and eviction. It would also treat receivers and certain lenders in possession of a property as landlords, so tenants still have clear protection if the property changes hands.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide for greater security of tenure by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies, by making Part 4 tenancies of indefinite duration, removing sale of property as a ground for terminating a tenancy, providing for compensation where a tenancy is terminated on the ground that the dwelling is required by the landlord or a relative of the landlord for their own occupation, extension of notice periods for new rents and for the termination of tenancies, and inclusion of receivers and lenders that have taken possession of properties in the definition of a landlord

Last updated 12 April 2018