{"id":76928,"date":"2018-01-17T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-habitable-homes-bill-could-transform-lives-mps-must-back-it\/"},"modified":"2018-01-17T07:03:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T00:03:43","slug":"the-habitable-homes-bill-could-transform-lives-mps-must-back-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-habitable-homes-bill-could-transform-lives-mps-must-back-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The habitable homes bill could transform lives. MPs must back it"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis Friday, parliament must not pass up the opportunity to give tenants a fighting chance against rogue landlordsThis coming Friday, 19 January, a bill is to be debated in parliament that could hugely improve the lives of many people in England. The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill would give private and social tenants the ability to take landlords to court if their home is unsafe. Over a million homes are thought to pose a serious threat to the health or safety of the people living there. This classification, also known as a \u201ccategory 1 hazard\u201d, covers 795,000 private tenancies \u2013 one in six of the privately rented homes in the country. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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This Friday, parliament must not pass up the opportunity to give tenants a fighting chance...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-k0M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1576,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-tory-landlord-mps-who-dont-care-if-rented-homes-arent-fit-to-live-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":76928,"position":0},"title":"The Tory landlord MPs who don't care if rented homes aren't fit to live in","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r No wonder Conservative MPs don\u2019t want rules to make private rented homes habitable \u2013 39% of them are landlordsNumber of MP landlords has risen by a quarter since last parliamentSatire writes itself sometimes. \u201cTories reject move to ensure rented homes fit for human habitation\u201d is a shocking headline, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11328,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-to-debate-planning-bill-to-protect-uk-homes-from-surface-flooding\/","url_meta":{"origin":76928,"position":1},"title":"MPs to debate planning bill to protect UK homes from surface flooding","date":"April 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government faces a possible defeat over proposal to require all new houses to have sustainable drainage to prevent surface flooding and sewer overflowsMoves to protect more households from the threats of surface flooding and sewer overload will be debated in parliament on Monday, with the government facing possible defeat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4309,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-slam-funding-plans-for-right-to-buy\/","url_meta":{"origin":76928,"position":2},"title":"MPs slam funding plans for right to buy","date":"February 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Commons committee report says \u201cextremely questionable\u201d model forcing councils to sell properties will reduce stock of affordable homesThe government is relying on an \u201cextremely questionable\u201d model to fund the extension of the right to buy to housing association homes in England, a parliamentary committee has warned. 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