Tenants in social homes to get greater repossession protection
The government has thrown its weight behind a backbench bill which aims to give greater protection to tenants when their landlord faces repossession, those in social housing jobs may benefit from hearing.
As it stands now, landlords without buy-to-let mortgages and consent-to-let leave tenants in a home facing repossession high and dry as they are usually unable to speak to authorities about the dangers their accommodation faces.
This bill, tabled by Dr Brian Iddon, is intended to give tenants the power to request a delay so they can find alternative housing or try and work the situation out with their landlords.
The housing minister said that if it went through, the bill would stop tenants being subject to legal matters outside their control.
"Help is available both for those struggling to pay their mortgages, but also for those tenants who may have little or no notice that the place they call home is at risk," John Healey added.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders reduced rate projections of repossessions for 2009 by more than a third.
