Policy paper

Retaliatory eviction: policy statement on amendment to Deregulation Bill

Description of government amendment to Deregulation Bill tabled on 4 February 2015.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 5 February 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

Documents

Policy statement on amendment to Deregulation Bill

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4483-9

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Details

The government tabled an amendment on 4 February to the Deregulation Bill. The amendment is designed to tackle retaliatory eviction and make it more straightforward to evict tenants where it is appropriate to do so, for example, because of non-payment of rent or anti-social behaviour.

Published 5 February 2015