23Sep 2020 by Sam Al-Hamdani
Lib Dems secure urgent question to challenge Government on eviction loophole

Lib Dems secure urgent question to challenge Government on eviction loophole

Parliamentary news
Liberal Democrat Housing Spokesperson Tim Farron has secured an Urgent Question in the House of Commons following a loophole in the Government’s legislation to end the eviction ban, which has left an estimated 55,000 households at risk of being evicted since Monday. It comes the same day as Liberal Democrat Housing Spokesperson in the House of Lords Olly Grender will use a motion in an attempt to try and block the legislation from going ahead. Ahead of the Urgent Question, Liberal Democrat Housing Spokeperson Tim Farron said: “With a second wave of virus infections spreading through the country, now is the worst possible time for tens of thousands of renters to be forced out of their homes. "The Conservatives promised at the beginning of this crisis that no renter who…
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25Jul 2020 by Sam Al-Hamdani

Lib Dems attempt to block renter evictions

Parliamentary news
The Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have tabled a motion in an attempt to block new Government orders which will allow evictions of private renters in England to resume from 23rd August. Liberal Demcorat Housing Spokesperson in the Lords Olly Grender has tabled a 'pray to annul' motion to the Government's statutory instrument which was laid before Parliament last Friday (17th July 2020). The Statutory Instrument requires landlords who are seeking possession of their property to submit a ‘reactivation notice’, but concerns were raised when it became clear that judges will have no legal means to prevent a ‘no-fault’ eviction, even when faced with evidence that the tenant has been impacted by the pandemic. The motion put forward by Baroness Grender is the strongest form of objection a motion in the House…
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