Two-Year Tenancies Slammed By Tenants Body

Members of the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) have rejected the Coalition Government’s security of tenure proposals. Some 216 TPAS resident group members responded to the e-based consultation relating to security of tenure and the ‘Local Decisions: A Fairer future for social housing’ Green Paper. TPAS will now submit the results to the Coalition Government along with a report after being invited to respond to the consultation. The survey found that 77 per cent of tenant members who took part in the survey were against ending lifetime tenancies for new tenants, and 79.5 per cent said landlords should not be able to limit the length of a new tenancy to a fixed period as low as two years. When asked if new tenants should have to move out of their rented home if their income increased above a defined level, 76.6 per cent said no. Read the full TPAS response on their website.