MPs have called on the government to confiscate
properties from the country’s worst landlords after a series of revelations
about tenants being exploited by rogue sections of the private rented housing
sector. The calls followed a hard-hitting select committee report in April, as
well as a joint Guardian and ITV News investigation which last month revealed
that convicted landlords ruled unfit to rent out their properties were
continuing to operate by exploiting a gap in the law. MPs from across the
Commons have urged the housing minister Heather Wheeler to introduce new powers
to seize properties of the worst landlords. Read more on the Guardian website.
England’s housing courts at breaking point as renters battle no-fault
evictions
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Courts said to be ‘overloaded’ as landlords sell properties and tenants
with nowhere to go try to delay evictions
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