Bill creating ‘level playing field for powerless tenants’ to be introduced

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Renters’ Rights Bill will ensure greater security for renters by creating a “level playing field between tenants and landlords”, the Government said. The Government said good landlords “will benefit from clear regulation” which “will eliminate unfair competition from those who, for far too long, have got away with renting out substandard properties to tenants”. Polly Neate, Shelter chief executive “If the Government is serious about making renting genuinely safer, secure, and more affordable, the Bill must guarantee renters greater protection. Renters need to know they won’t be booted out of their homes by eye-watering rent hikes and the discriminatory practices that push so many into homelessness must be stamped out.” Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said landlords and renters need certainty and reforms must be fair to both.