The housing minister has rejected calls to amend the Localism Bill to specify that social tenancies should normally be for a minimum of five years. In a letter to shadow housing minister Alison Seabeck, Grant Shapps argues that directions to the social housing regulator are the correct place for the rules to be set out. The government has amended proposed directions to the regulator to add that five years should be the usual minimum length of a tenancy, and the lower limit of two years should only be used in ‘exceptional circumstances’. The original version of the directions stated that two-year tenancies would be exceptional, but did not mention five-year tenancies, despite previous assurances from Mr Shapps that this would be the usual minimum. Read more on Inside Housing.
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