Council calls for ban on no-fault evictions amid housing crisis

Council calls for ban on no-fault evictions amid housing crisis

0:02 AM, 20th September 2024, About A week ago 25

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A council warns more people could be pushed into temporary accommodation without urgent action from the government.

Colchester City Council has written to Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner urging the government to take action to tackle the housing crisis.

The council is calling on the government to ban no-fault evictions and offer more support to councils to tackle homelessness.

Ban no-fault evictions

The council warns with rising mortgage and rent costs many people including renters are being forced into homelessness or temporary accommodation.

Colchester City Council is calling on the government to make the Renters’ Rights Bill a priority in Parliament to ban no-fault evictions.

Other measures include adjusting housing benefits to match current rent levels, ensuring rent stays affordable for the most vulnerable.

The council is also calling for increased support to help manage the rising costs and demands of preventing homelessness, along with freezing the Right to Buy scheme to ease pressure on social housing stock.

Welcome promises of reform

Cllr David King, Leader of Colchester City Council, said: “We welcome promises of reform and ask the new government to act on our, or similar calls for action. We will play our part, supportive of their growth and housing aims. But we need infrastructure support, and for the government to make it viable for us to improve our housing stock and to also provide yet more affordable homes.”

“Colchester City Council has also committed to working closely with neighbouring authorities and local MPs, including Pam Cox, Sir Bernard Jenkin, and Priti Patel, to ensure housing remains a priority issue for the region. The council’s message is clear: housing is at the forefront of local concerns, and immediate government action is needed.”

The council is also asking the government to address council housing stock and finances by working with the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry to ease the financial burden on local authorities, allowing them to reinvest in housing while managing the rising costs of regulation, repairs, and environmental modernisation.


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8:24 AM, 21st September 2024, About 6 days ago

Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 21/09/2024 - 07:43
Agreed, less hassle is what we need, just need to swallow the increased CGT that will be imposed and decide on a different investment sector for our money.

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8:28 AM, 21st September 2024, About 6 days ago

Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 20/09/2024 - 15:15
MPs are not allowed to understand, they do what the Govt and Ministers tell them to do, and the Govt does what the corporations tell them to do, it’s corrupt from the top down.

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5:03 AM, 22nd September 2024, About 5 days ago

Reply to the comment left by Bristol Landlord at 21/09/2024 - 08:06I agree. State controlled landlords. Pure Marxist theory so beloved by Starmer and his Queen.

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19:37 PM, 22nd September 2024, About 4 days ago

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 20/09/2024 - 11:04
Good to hear. Kick them to the curb.. like I did. same situation.. no increase in rent since 2018, my knife weilding, needle throwing tenant had to go.

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19:38 PM, 22nd September 2024, About 4 days ago

Ah good old cognitive dissonance - playing to the lowest common denominators. Who will the blame homelessness on when us Evil landlords have all sold up then?

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