No-fault Evictions

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 3:07 pm on 17 July 2019.

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Photo of Michelle Brown Michelle Brown Independent 3:07, 17 July 2019

Thank you for that answer. In April this year, the First Minister said that he wanted to remove no-fault evictions when new occupation contracts are in force, and you've already mentioned that you've introduced a consultation to extend the period a landlord needs to give tenants to quit from two months to six. So, can you tell me, and those who live in a rented home, and people who are looking for or who want to rent out their own home—and thus add to the available housing stock in the rented sector—whether you really disagree with the First Minister's policy of banning no-fault evictions, or are you just waiting until there's sufficient Assembly time to bring in a ban that will damage the rental market and leave many more families in emergency accommodation?