A Bill to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to require that residential rented accommodation is provided and maintained in a state of fitness for human habitation; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
13 May 2016
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The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill would require homes rented to people to be fit for human habitation and kept in a suitable condition. It would amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to place this duty on landlords and to address issues that make a home unfit, with the aim of raising housing standards for tenants. The measure signals a move toward safer, healthier rented homes.
The bill is at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to committee or Lords stages.
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24 Jun 2015
16 Oct 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
The Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 24 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The second reading debate on 16 October 2015 was adjourned.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
