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Landlords successful England volition beryllium banned from evicting tenants without giving a reason, Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed.
On Tuesday, the authorities said nary decisions had been made connected ending no-fault evictions, contempt a committedness to bash truthful astatine the 2019 wide election.
But asked astatine Prime Minister's Questions whether she could reassure backstage renters that the prohibition would spell ahead, Ms Truss said: "I can."
The prohibition is owed to go instrumentality adjacent year.
Reports that the authorities was rethinking its 2019 manifesto committedness to extremity Section 21 no-fault evictions were met with dismay by lodging charities, who warned that it would pb to a surge successful homelessness.
At PMQs, Labour MP Graham Stringer said: "Spooking the markets and expanding the outgo of borrowing and expanding the outgo of mortgages was astir surely an enactment of gross incompetence alternatively than malevolence.
"But going backmost connected the committedness to extremity no-fault evictions is an enactment of utmost callousness.
"Can the premier curate reassure the 11 cardinal backstage renters successful this state that she volition transportation retired her committedness to get escaped of no-fault evictions?"
Ms Truss replied that she could, without offering immoderate further detail.
Paymaster General Edward Argar denied her 2 connection connection amounted to different U-turn, telling BBC Politics Live that reports that the prohibition mightiness beryllium scrapped were conscionable "press speculation".
On Tuesday, the PM's authoritative spokesperson was asked whether Ms Truss thought it was close to scrap nary responsibility evictions, pursuing reports successful the Times that this was nether consideration.
"No decisions person been made," the spokesperson said.
"This is thing the caput of authorities is considering successful presumption of however to amended the rental market.
"Clearly, ensuring a just woody for renters volition ever stay a precedence for this government."
The Conservatives archetypal pledged to scrap no-fault evictions successful their 2019 wide predetermination manifesto.
In May, the Queen's Speech confirmed that no-fault evictions would beryllium abolished successful a caller Renters Reform Bill.
The much-delayed bill, which is presently expected to go instrumentality adjacent year, volition besides present an ombudsman to negociate disputes and widen the Decent Homes Standard to privately renting households.
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