Private Rented Housing
Commons · Question 900415 · Tabled 9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the private rented sector for tenants.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Jun 2026
On 1 May, we switched on the first phase of our transformative Renters’ Rights Act. Measures brought into force included the long overdue abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, a limit of one rent increase a year, new rights to challenge unreasonab...