{"id":135682,"date":"2025-03-15T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/real-estate\/top-barrister-explains-the-policy-reasons-behind-the-renters-rights-bill-the-landlord-law-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:34:33","slug":"top-barrister-explains-the-policy-reasons-behind-the-renters-rights-bill-the-landlord-law-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=135682","title":{"rendered":"Top barrister explains the policy reasons behind the Renters Rights Bill \u00bb The Landlord Law Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Did you know that in 2022\/23 over 1 billion pounds was spent in this country on temporary housing for homeless people and that one in 21 children in London is legally homeless?<\/p>\n<p>On 11 and 12 March, we ran an online conference about the Renters Rights Bill.\u00a0 The headline speaker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landmarkchambers.co.uk\/barristers\/justin-bates\">Justin Bates KC<\/a> who we invited to introduce the bill to delegates and explain the reasoning behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Justin gave a superb talk, which many of our delegates have told us in feedback has helped them come to terms with the bill.\u00a0 So, we decided to publish an extract here.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, Justin explains that the bill is not aimed at punishing landlords but is designed to stop the massive societal problems we have at the moment largely caused by section 21 no-fault evictions, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>their impact on homelessness<\/li>\n<li>their impact on Local Authorities\u2019 budgets and public money generally<\/li>\n<li>the number of children who are legally homeless<\/li>\n<li>the harm that evictions do to society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Justin Bates KC\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1065772034?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Further information:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3764\">The Renters Rights Bill page on the Parliament website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our blog posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordlawblog.co.uk\/2025\/01\/25\/what-does-the-government-seek-to-achieve-with-the-renters-rights-bill\/\">What does the government seek to achieve with the Renters Rights Bill?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordlawblog.co.uk\/2024\/10\/10\/the-renters-rights-bill-report-on-the-second-reading\/\">The Renters Rights Bill \u2013 report on the second reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that in 2022\/23 over 1 billion pounds was spent in this country on temporary housing for homeless people and that one in 21 children in London is legally homeless? 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