Legislate for tenants to give two weeks’ notice if cancelling social home swap
Tenants swapping homes should have to sign a legal document preventing them from pulling out of a mutual exchange at least two weeks before the move.
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Legislate for tenants to give two weeks’ notice if cancelling social home swap
Tenants swapping homes should have to sign a legal document preventing them from pulling out of a mutual exchange at least two weeks before the move.
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Where do you stand on this motion?
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Members can read every reason.
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Require councils to review social housing tenancies
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Require landlords to sell vacant properties to house homeless and refugees
With over 700,000 empty homes, 170,000 vacant commercial properties, and around 350,000 homeless people, taxpayers shouldn’t bear the housing burden. Empty properties could be sold to investors committed to easing homelessness for a minimum of two years post-purchase.
Legislate to allow landlords to sell properties directly to government
We call on the Government to introduce new legislation to allow landlords to sell tenanted properties directly to the government, so tenants are not made homeless.
Introduce regulation limiting estate agent contracts to a maximum of 28 days
The Government should introduce legislation to ensure that estate agency contracts for property sales cannot exceed 28 days in length, with a rolling 7-day notice period thereafter. This could protect consumers from being tied into long-term agreements with underperforming or misleading agents.
Ban Members of Parliament from being residential landlords
We ask the Government to introduce legislation preventing sitting MPs from being residential landlords. We believe MPs who profit from rental income are in a conflict of interest when voting on housing, rent, and tenant legislation, which may undermine public trust and fair representation.