An activist group says it\u2019s lobbying local politicians to introduce yet more selective licensing.<\/p>\n
And now it\u2019s Reform UK and Conservatives being lobbied as well as those from more predictably pro-licensing parties such as Labour, the Green and the Liberal Democrats.<\/p>\n
The Renters Reform Coalition \u2013 a loose matrix of 19 largely anti-landlord groups including Generation Rent and some student union bodies \u2013 is quoted in the media as saying:\u00a0 \u201cRenters only have one more month to wait until we get our new rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 1st May, we\u2019ll be making some noise [on social media] about why we\u2019re so relieved to see the end of section 21, along with all the other changes brought in by the Renters Rights Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCelebrating the rights we have won is really important \u2013 not only because it will help make people aware of their rights, but because it shows that real change can be brought about when we take a stand together.\u201d<\/p>\n
And on the subject of thew May 7 local elections, when over a third of councils in England will hold local ballots, the coalition continues: \u201cWe can expect plenty of chatter about what the results mean for central government, but these elections are important in their own right. Setting the agenda on the local level is vital for renters across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be asking anyone standing to be a councillor to pledge their support for renters by actively tackling disrepair and extending selective landlord licensing schemes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese schemes are an important way for councils to know who\u2019s renting in their ward\u00a0and improve the safety, security, and quality of rented homes in a certain area by forcing landlords to address problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some Conservative councils have actively promoted selective licensing, although that enthusiasm has waned since the party lost the 2024 General Election.<\/p>\n
Reform UK has indicated that it may not support further licensing of landlords, and may row back from elements of the Renters Rights Act if it wins power in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An activist group says it\u2019s lobbying local politicians to introduce yet more selective licensing. And now it\u2019s Reform…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[232,14,2380,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-8969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-licensing","9":"tag-politics","10":"tag-rental-reform","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116365995749756973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}