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date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	With reference to the cost of living crisis, to ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent the evictions of people with disabilities and their families from (a) private rented accommodation and (b) social housing.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	147395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to fundamentally improving the private rented sector and providing a better deal for renters, including by halving levels of non-decency in all rented homes by 2030.</p><p>Disabled people in the private rented sector can also apply to their local authority for a Disabled Facilities Grant, that can contribute towards the cost of adapting an eligible person's home to make it more suitable. Since 2010 Government has invested £4.8bn billion into the Disabled Facilities Grant (2010-11 to 2022-23), delivering an estimated 490,000 home adaptations.</p><p>All renters deserve to feel secure in their homes. We will deliver our manifesto commitment to abolish section 21 no fault evictions.</p><p>Where tenants in social housing are struggling with cost of living or rent payments, the Pre-Action Protocol for Possession Claims by Social Landlords, sets out the actions social landlords should take before they consider taking legal action.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 147386 question first answered 27/02/2023 14:34:58 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1403728

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether landlords are required to give tenants without fault the booklet How to Rent before seeking to evict them; and if so, whether they can do this at the same time as issuing a Form 6A notice seeking possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL5466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>Under the Deregulation Act 2015, landlords cannot use the Section 21 possession procedure if they have not provided a copy of the publication “How to rent: the checklist for renting in England” to the tenant. The restriction is lifted as soon as the publication is provided. However, the How to Rent guide should ideally be provided at the outset of the tenancy. Form 6A is the legally prescribed form for serving a notice requiring possession under the Section 21 possession procedure.</p><p>In respect of individual cases, it is for a court to decide whether the landlord had complied with the requirements of the Deregulation Act when they served a notice requiring possession using Form 6A, and therefore if that notice is valid. The landlord must provide evidence that they have given the tenant a valid copy of “How to rent: the checklist for renting in England” when they make a claim for possession in the county court.</p><p>This requirement applies to tenancies in England which commenced on or after 1 October 2015. It does not apply where a landlord is a private registered provider of social housing or where the tenant entered into occupation of the property under a previous tenancy and the landlord has already provided the tenant with an up-to-date version of the guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/01/2022 16:08:51 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1360374

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that tenants are supported in taking action against landlords where illegal evictions occur.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	56790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers to tackle illegal evictions. Local authorities can investigate offences of illegal eviction under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and prosecute where an offence has been committed.</p><p>In cases where the landlord has been convicted of acting illegally, they may be subject to a rent repayment order, a fine and/or imprisonment for up to two years. The landlord may also be subject to a banning order as unlawful eviction and harassment under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 is a banning order offence. This would result in the landlord being entered onto the Database of Rogue Landlord and Property Agents.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 25/10/2021 16:26:29 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

576746

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of eviction possession hearings that took place in respect of (a) private and (b) social landlords in the last year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	45186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of possession hearings that took place in respect of (a) private and (b) social landlords are available on GOV.UK using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-april-to-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-april-to-june-2016</a></p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 14/09/2016 15:43:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake