Date post: | 24-Jan-2017 |
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NEW BILL WOULD ALLOW
TENANTS TO SUE
LANDLORDS OVER POOR
HOUSING
A new bill will give tenants the right to sue their landlords if their rental homes are in a substandard condition if it is passed in Parliament.
MP Karen Buck has pushed the Homes (Fitness
for Human Habitation) Bill into its second reading today.
She hopes to recover a law
originally passed in 1885
and last amended in
1957.
It gives tenants the right to a home fit for human habitation if the rent was under £52 per year, or £80 in London.
Past governments have come under pressure to
abolish the outdated rent limits, but have not acted,
meaning that the law is not used.
Buck’s new bill would require private rental homes to be provided and maintained to a state fit for human habitation. It would allow tenants to bypass councils if they need their properties repaired.
The bill would also
protect landlords if tenants or natural
forces cause any damage.
The bill would
amend the Landlord
and Tenant Act 1985 and
would only apply in
England. Read more about the bill here:
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7328