The Renters Reform Bill is almost upon us with the government imminently set to publish its plan to redress the power balance between landlord and tenant.
It’s been a long wait for renters. The bill was first proposed in April 2019 when then-Prime Minister Theresa May promised to scrap no-fault evictions.
It has been more than four years since that announcement. In that time there have been four prime ministers, a new monarch, eight housing ministers, six housing secretaries (including Michael Gove twice) and one whole pandemic.