Security of tenure could become a political football in every local authority area, under proposals being drawn up by the coalition government. A consultation on plans to reform tenancies for future social tenants is due to be published in the next few weeks. Junior housing minister Andrew Stunell has suggested that the plans would see parties offer different tenancy solutions as part of local election campaigns. He said the reforms could become ‘a point of political competition for local authorities, where one group might say “we are going to keep tenancy for life”, and another might say “we want to drive down waiting lists”.’ The consultation will propose giving councils discretion over whether to scrap tenancy for life and offer fixed-term tenancies. Read more on Inside Housing.
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