Question follow-through · 94620
Private Rented Housing: Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to protect tenants who will be served a Section 21 notice prior to the provisions of the Renters' Rights Act coming into effect in May 2026.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to protect tenants who will be served a Section 21 notice prior to the provisions of the Renters' Rights Act coming into effect in May 2026.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Renters' Rights Act delivers the government's manifesto commitment to overhaul the regulation of the private rented sector, including by abolishing Section 21 'no fault' evictions. We want to see tenants benefit from these reforms as quickly as possib...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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