Landlords: Tenants' Rights
Commons · Question 78380 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help support tenants who are unable to secure new tenancies due to private landlords failing to provide references upon request.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 Oct 2025
Where a landlord has requested a reference from a previous landlord and is unable to obtain this, we encourage landlords to make use of other available referencing criteria to give them and the tenant the confidence that the tenancy is suitable. This is a...