10. Short Debate: Secure housing — stable families

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:57 pm on 7 March 2018.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 6:57, 7 March 2018

Section 21 gives bad landlords a charter for continuing to poorly maintain their properties, because I've had several cases of tenants being evicted simply because they've asked for the leaking roof to be repaired, or the faulty lock to be repaired, and this is no way of treating people who otherwise behave completely appropriately. But it also—if they think they might be moved on at the landlord's whim, it doesn't give any incentive for the tenant to bed into the property and the community and actually put the paint on the children's bedroom or whatever. So, I think that section 21 should be removed for the reasons that Julie has suggested.