Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Carrington (Crossbench). It was answered on Tuesday, 13 October 2020.
Housing: Rent, Evictions and Covid-19
- Question
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My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Many landlords have mortgages and ongoing repair costs. What measures are proposed to protect them from the hardship imposed on them by those tenants who are financially able but who have decided that they are not willing to pay their rents in the knowledge that they can shelter under the new government umbrella from any immediate consequences?
- Answer
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My Lords, that is precisely why the evictions moratorium had to end. We have to protect landlords from egregious rent arrears as well as from cases of abandonment, fraud, anti-social behaviour and, in the social sector, domestic abuse. That is why the judiciary called for a start on proceedings, to focus on the most difficult cases first.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 806 c944
- Session
- 2019-21
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Procedure
- Virtual contributions
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disease control Evictions Coronavirus
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