Stop landlords making families homeless

One of the worst things about renting is the uncertainty about where you will live in a year's time. With contracts of 12 months at most, no limits on rent increases and the right of landlords to kick you out without giving a reason, we can't truly call the place we live "home".

A poll by BMG found that more than a quarter of private renters can expect to be forced out of their home through no fault of their own.

The government should start protecting tenants from no-fault evictions by requiring landlords to help tenants who are forced to move and limiting rent increases to inflation. The Housing Bill is tackling landlords who break the law, but does nothing to change the law which currently gives landlords all the power.

Please write to leaders in the House of Lords and ask them to amend the Housing Bill using our template - though your own experiences will always help get the message across.

Lord Best, Crossbench Convenor

Lord Kennedy, Labour

Baroness Bakewell, Lib Dem

Baroness Jones, Green

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I am writing to ask you and your colleagues in the House of Lords to amend the Housing Bill to improve security of tenure for private renters. The Housing Bill contains measures to make it harder for criminal landlords to operate, but it leaves landlords free to legally force out good tenants through no-fault evictions and rent increases they cannot afford. Tenants have no idea if they will be in the same home in a year's time, and more than a quarter report losing their home through no fault of their own.  With 11 million people now living in private rented housing, including 2 million children, unwanted moves are stressful, damaging to educations, and eat away at renters' savings. Greater certainty for renters will give them a reason to invest in their home, and strengthen local communities. Most landlords already value good tenants and wouldn't dream of evicting them or unreasonably raising the rent. But some landlords simply try to get the most profit from the market regardless of the consequences for their tenants. Equally, some landlords are forced to sell their property or move tenants out in order to refurbish. By limiting rent increases to inflation, and requiring landlords who use Section 21 "no-fault" evictions to compensate tenants for the cost of moving home, the government could deter the bad landlords from forcing tenants out and take some of the stress out of moving for tenants whose landlord has a legitimate reason to take back their property. Millions of people face years if not a lifetime of renting. It's time they were given the right to a home. Please let me know if you will support an amendment to strengthen renters' security of tenure.

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