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No-fault evictions are to be scrapped under government plans to be announced today which will, in effect, make tenancies open ended, as they are in Germany and several other European countries.
The number of tenants evicted from their homes is at a six-year high, according to new figures, as rising rents and cuts to benefits make tenancies increasingly unaffordable.
The findings by the Institute for Public Policy Research were announced as Labour prepares to launch a review of the private rental sector, looking at ways to make tenancies more secure and rents more affordable.
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Its chief executive, Campbell Robb, said: "This is a welcome step in the right direction, and ministers now need to consider how to make longer tenancies a real choice for the families desperate for a more stable place to live".
Proposals to make social tenancies fixed term, offering a minimum of two years when currently the offer is 'stay forever if you like', will change the way people think about their homes and communities – people invest more time and money in property, friendships, and community activities if they see it as a long-term home.
In order to make the tenancies legal, a building owner had to bring the building up to code.
The government wanted to establish a national register of landlords, regulate letting and managing agent and make written tenancy agreements compulsory.
The proposal is a change from Labour's pledge at the 2017 election, when it committed to making private tenancies three years by default.
We will legislate to make three-year tenancies, not short-term tenancies, the standard for those who rent their homes in the private sector".
First, he says Labour would legislate to make longer-term tenancies the standard in the private rented sector.
So Labour would legislate to make three-year tenancies the standard for people who rent their homes in the private sector.
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