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date	28/11/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
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 progress he has made on the introduction of three-year tenancies for families in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	196765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting the rights of tenants and giving them more security.</p><p>We recently consulted on ways to overcome the barriers to landlords offering longer, more secure tenancies in the private rented sector. We sought views on a three year longer tenancy model with a six-month break clause and asked for views on its viability, and how it could be implemented.</p><p>We have not made any policy decisions about tenancy length or how our proposed model will be implemented. We are currently analysing responses and this work will inform any next steps of how we can support landlords to offer more secure tenancies. We expect to respond to the consultation, setting out next steps, shortly.</p><p>In the meantime, we have published a model tenancy agreement which landlords and tenants can use for free as the basis for longer, family friendly tenancies.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 06/12/2018 13:21:08 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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date	14/11/2018
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	Freehold Properties (Management Charges and Shared Facilities) Bill
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 it his Department's policy to support the Freehold Properties (Management Charges and Shared Facilities) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	191310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to legislating to ensure that freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed tenure estate can access equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge their reasonableness. We set out our approach to implementing this commitment in part 4 of the consultation ‘<em>implementing reforms to the leasehold system in England’</em> which was published on 15 October. We will consider our position on the Ten Minute Rule Bill once the detail has been published.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/11/2018 17:17:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead