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	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Tenants: Forfeiture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of forfeiture against tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	273464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes forfeiture is a draconian measure and should only be used as a last resort. We are reviewing the use of forfeiture and as a first step, have asked the Law Commission to update their 2006 report, <em>Termination of Tenancies for Tenant Default, </em> given the passage of time, and to take into account the implications of leasehold reforms currently underway.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/07/2019 09:46:20 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

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	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve housing standards for older people living in the rental sector and (b) ensure the adequacy of that housing.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	273348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Safe and secure housing is a top priority for Government, and older tenants will benefit from recent legislation to bring about a new, fairer deal for both tenants and landlords as we strengthen all tenants' rights. This includes the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act, which complements existing enforcement activity by empowering all tenants to hold their landlords to account if they fail to provide and maintain quality accommodation, and the extension to mandatory licensing of high-risk houses in multiple occupation, bringing more properties into scope than ever before, while also introducing minimum room sizes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/07/2019 09:47:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly