And so the Sarah Teather anti retaliatory bill is no more.
It failed, as described by one of the comments on my post here, because of parliamentary tactics rather than on its merits.
I think its a shame. I was unhappy with the way the bill was drafted but agreed with the principle. The bill also contained some other much needed amendments to s21 itself.
Hopefully now the issue has been raised, it will not drop into obscurity and something will in due course be done about it.
Because people being forced to live in sub standard accommodation, because they are afraid to enforce their legal rights, is wrong.
But what happened on the blog?
Monday
Landlord Law Conference Wales 2015 – help for Welsh landlords facing major changes in the law
This is the ‘official’ post about our Welsh Conference – essential for all Welsh landlords and letting agents. If this is you, you need to read this now …
Tuesday
Do landlords need to set up periodic contracts when tenants stay on after the fixed term?
A blog clinic question about what landlords need to do when a tenancy turns periodic. Read it here …
Wednesday
If I don’t have a tenancy agreement do I need to pay rent?
One of the search questions used by an optimistic Landlord Law Blog reader. I dispel the myth here …
Thursday
A preliminary look at Sarah Teather’s Tenancies (Reform) Bill
History now of course, but this is my view of the bill as drafted. Read it here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #181
Ben discussed dodgy agent practices (surely not?), Sarah Teather’s bill, and a success for Lewisham in the courts. Find it all here …
Further Reading
- The Guardian looks at tenant power and how to battle a bad landlord
- Report from Dash.com on the defeat of Sarah Teather’s bill, apparently one of the filibusters was a landlord
- Alex Hilton of Generation Rent suggests that anti retaliatory eviction measures should now go in the Consumer Rights Bill, and finally
- If your organisation needs training – what about something like this?
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