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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many landlords have been prosecuted in England for (a) illegal evictions and (b) harassment in the latest three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many landlords have been prosecuted in England for (a) illegal evictions and (b) harassment in the latest three years for which figures are available.
The following table lists figures from 2009 to the most recent period for which information is held:
| Statute | Offence
description | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Protection
from Eviction Act 1977
S.1(2) | Unlawful
eviction of
occupier | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Protection
from Eviction Act 1977
S.1(3) | Unlawful
harassment of
occupier | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in the private rented sector were evicted under section 8 of the Housing Act 2004 in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in the private rented sector were evicted under section 8 of the Housing Act 2004 in the last year for which figures are available.
The Department does not hold the requested data.
My hon. Friend will be aware that our colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government, through their review of property, have identified the extent to which there is a deficiency in the quality of the housing stock in part of the private rented sector. We want to make...
My hon. Friend will be aware that our colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government, through their review of property, have identified the extent to which there is a deficiency in the quality of the housing stock in part of the private rented sector. We want to make...
Each year more than 324,000 tenants are evicted in response to complaints they must make about the condition of their homes, so it is no surprise that 12% of private tenants do not report any problem for fear of retaliatory eviction. May we have a debate about stopping bad landlords...
Each year more than 324,000 tenants are evicted in response to complaints they must make about the condition of their homes, so it is no surprise that 12% of private tenants do not report any problem for fear of retaliatory eviction. May we have a debate about stopping bad landlords...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research his Department has undertaken on retaliatory evictions in the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research his Department has undertaken on retaliatory evictions in the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of tenant evictions resulting from the decision to pay housing benefit direct to claimants rather than landlords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of tenant evictions resulting from the decision to pay housing benefit direct to claimants rather than landlords.
The Government does not expect an increase in the number of evictions in relation to the direct payments of housing benefit.
Most tenants in the private rented sector are already used to receiving their housing payments directly, and managing their own finances.
For other tenants, including many in the social rented sector, this will represent more of a change. We are working with the advice sector to ensure that claimants are able to access budgeting support services to help them to manage their money successfully. Money advice will be offered at a national and local level, and include a mix of online, telephone and face to face services.
A minority of claimants may require alternative payment arrangements. This might include paying rent direct to the landlord, making payments more frequently than monthly, or splitting the payment for a couple.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people subject to the under-occupancy penalty were evicted in each local authority in the North East in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people subject to the under-occupancy penalty were evicted in each local authority in the North East in the last 12 months.
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, columns 897-98W.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed plans to make the eviction of tenants of private landlords easier; and, if so, with whom. [HL5656]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed plans to make the eviction of tenants of private landlords easier; and, if so, with whom. [HL5656]
Just as the Government is taking action against the small minority of rogue landlords, so it is right that measures can be taken against the small minority of rogue tenants, who disrupt the lives of their neighbours through anti-social behaviour or who seriously breach their tenancy agreements.
The cross-party Communities and Local Government Select Committee report on the Private Rented Sector recommended that: “the Government convene a working party from all parts of the industry, to examine proposals to speed up the process of evicting during a tenancy tenants who do not pay rent promptly or fail to meet other contractual obligations. The ability to secure eviction more quickly for non-payment of rent will encourage landlords to make properties available on longer tenancies” (HC 50, July 2013, para 97).
Indeed, Shelter’s evidence to the Committee recommended that the Government should investigate “ways of increasing confidence in court processes and landlords’ ability to use possession grounds to end the tenancies of tenants who breach their contract” (ibid., para 95).
Consequently, we have set up a working group to look at what can be done to protect landlords and tenants alike and ensure a fair eviction process in the private rented sector. This is part of wider efforts to increase the availability of longer tenancies. The working group is made up of organisations representing landlords and tenants, as well as other property professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people subject to the under-occupancy penalty were evicted in each London borough in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people subject to the under-occupancy penalty were evicted in each London borough in the last 12 months.
In my answer of 27 November 2013, Official Report, column 340W, I observed that a report from the social housing regulator, the Homes and Communities Agency, noted that in the second quarter since the removal of the spare room subsidy (i.e. second quarter of 2013-14), there had been no indication of significant adverse performance in arrears, voids or rent collection.
The Agency has recently published figures for the third quarter of 2013-14 and it notes that median rate arrears fell in the last quarter (from 4.1% to 3.9%), that median void losses were unchanged, and that median rent collection rose from 98% to 99%. The Agency concluded:
“the overall picture on income collection is one of stability”
(HCA, ‘Quarterly Survey of Private Registered Providers 2013/14 Quarter 3’, February 2014).
Moreover, according to the most recent Ministry of Justice statistics, the number of cases lodged by social landlords for repossessions by county court bailiffs across the whole of England and Wales was 4,757 in Q1 2013, 4,600 in Q2 2013 and 4,992 in Q4 2013. As a
proportion of all landlord repossession claims, the social sector encompassed 51% of all repossession claims in Q1 2013, 50% in Q2 2013, 51% in Q3 2013 and 52% in Q4 2013. This gives lie to some of the recent exaggerated claims made by HM Opposition.
I would add that the removal of the spare room subsidy is estimated to save £490 million of taxpayers' money in Great Britain in 2013-14 by reducing the benefit bill, helping pay off the budget deficit left by the last Administration. The measure also encourages the more effective use of social housing, by addressing the under-occupation of family homes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made of reports of the forced evictions of Roma communities in Cluj-Napoca, Romania; and whether they will discuss the matter with the government of Romania and ask that government to enforce the decision of the Cluj-Napoca County Court that evictions targeting...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made of reports of the forced evictions of Roma communities in Cluj-Napoca, Romania; and whether they will discuss the matter with the government of Romania and ask that government to enforce the decision of the Cluj-Napoca County Court that evictions targeting...
Our Embassy in Bucharest has been monitoring this issue closely (along with other forced evictions of Roma e.g. in Eforie Sud and Baia Mare). We understand that the Cluj-Napoca Court recently ruled the forced eviction in December 2010 illegal. However this decision is not final and is subject to appeal. We have raised wider concerns about social inclusion of the Roma with the Romanian government on 28 January. With regard to this specific case, the British Embassy will visit Cluj on 11 February and will raise the issue of forced evictions with the local government. They will also launch a partnership with a local NGO to develop projects aimed at preventing disadvantaged Roma children leaving school before the minimum age. The UK government does not condone unjustified evictions of any community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities from evictions of families who have fallen into arrears since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities from evictions of families who have fallen into arrears since the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty.
My Department has made no such estimates.
However, I would refer the hon. Member to my answer of 28 November 2013, Official Report, column 389-390W, which observed there has been no notable rise in eviction claims, and my answer of 27 November 2013, Official Report, column 340W, which observed there had been no adverse rise in arrears, voids or rent collection.
The removal of the spare room subsidy is estimated to save £490 million of taxpayers' money in Great Britain in 2013-14 by reducing the benefit bill, helping pay off the budget deficit left by the last Administration. The measure also encourages the more effective use of social housing, by addressing the under-occupation of family homes.
My Lords, Clause 91 introduces a new discretionary ground for possession for offences connected with a riot. The existing grounds for possession for anti-social behaviour are discretionary and require that the anti-social behaviour must have occurred in the locality of the property. This means that thuggish behaviour committed against neighbours...
My Lords, Clause 91 introduces a new discretionary ground for possession for offences connected with a riot. The existing grounds for possession for anti-social behaviour are discretionary and require that the anti-social behaviour must have occurred in the locality of the property. This means that thuggish behaviour committed against neighbours...
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):
The Prime Minister will be aware that the majority of new housing benefit claimants are in work. He will also be aware that private sector landlords are increasingly refusing to take tenants who are on benefit, or are evicting them. What does he say to hard-working families who face losing their homes because of his housing benefit cuts?
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):
The Prime Minister will be aware that the majority of new housing benefit claimants are in work. He will also be aware that private sector landlords are increasingly refusing to take tenants who are on benefit, or are evicting them. What does he say to hard-working families who face losing their homes because of his housing benefit cuts?
What we say to hard-working families is, “We are cutting your taxes.” In April this year, we will raise to £10,000 the amount of money that people can earn before they start paying income tax, and I think that that will make a big difference. For instance, someone earning the minimum wage and working a 40-hour week will see his or her tax bill fall by two thirds.
However, we must take action to deal with the housing benefit bill. Housing benefit now accounts for £23 billion of Government spending. When we came to office, some families in London were receiving housing benefit payments of £60,000, £70,000 or £80,000. [Hon. Members: “How many?”] Members shout “How many?” Frankly, one was too many, and that is why we have capped housing benefit.
What we say to hard-working families is, “We are cutting your taxes.” In April this year, we will raise to £10,000 the amount of money that people can earn before they start paying income tax, and I think that that will make a big difference. For instance, someone earning the minimum wage and working a 40-hour week will see his or her tax bill fall by two thirds.
However, we must take action to deal with the housing benefit bill. Housing benefit now accounts for £23 billion of Government spending. When we came to office, some families in London were receiving housing benefit payments of £60,000, £70,000 or £80,000. [Hon. Members: “How many?”] Members shout “How many?” Frankly, one was too many, and that is why we have capped housing benefit.
What we say to hard-working families is, “We are cutting your taxes.” In April this year, we will raise to £10,000 the amount of money that people can earn before they start paying income tax, and I think that that will make a big difference. For instance, someone earning the minimum wage and working a 40-hour week will see his or her tax bill fall by two thirds.
However, we must take action to deal with the housing benefit bill. Housing benefit now accounts for £23 billion of Government spending. When we came to office, some families in London were receiving housing benefit payments of £60,000, £70,000 or £80,000. [Hon. Members: “How many?”] Members shout “How many?” Frankly, one was too many, and that is why we have capped housing benefit.
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):
The Prime Minister will be aware that the majority of new housing benefit claimants are in work. He will also be aware that private sector landlords are increasingly refusing to take tenants who are on benefit, or are evicting them. What does he say to hard-working families who face losing their homes because of his housing benefit cuts?
Part 5 of the Bill is about recovery of possession of dwelling-houses on grounds of anti-social behaviour. This amendment—and others in this group in my name—proposes that the court’s response should be proportionate and that this should be written into the legislation. I very much support the thrust of the...
Part 5 of the Bill is about recovery of possession of dwelling-houses on grounds of anti-social behaviour. This amendment—and others in this group in my name—proposes that the court’s response should be proportionate and that this should be written into the legislation. I very much support the thrust of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) evictions and (b) eviction proceedings have taken place in England and Wales in (i) April, (ii) May, (iii) June, (iv) July, (v) August and (vi) September 2013 since the introduction of the spare room subsidy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) evictions and (b) eviction proceedings have taken place in England and Wales in (i) April, (ii) May, (iii) June, (iv) July, (v) August and (vi) September 2013 since the introduction of the spare room subsidy.
The latest mortgage and landlord possession statistics can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/257007/mortgage-landlord-possession-bulletin-q3-2013.pdf
I observe the latest bulletin states:
“An analysis was carried out looking at the effects of the benefit cap on eviction claims. It compared the number of eviction claims in the four local authorities where the benefit cap was initially rolled out to the number of claims in the rest of the country... The analysis showed that the number of claims fell in three out of four of those authorities, in accordance with the national pattern, showing that the benefit cap had no visible effect on eviction claims in that quarter” (Ministry of Justice, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics quarterly, July to September 2013, November 2013).
The bulletin notes there is a slight trend in recent years for the number of actions to change in line with the number of people living in rented accommodation.
That said, figures for the number of landlord possession claims leading to orders so far in 2013 are not substantially different from 2012.