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Asked by Andrew Muir

AQW 24996/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities

To ask the Minister for Communities whether there are any plans to review legislation in relation to the eviction of tenants.

Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 1 November 2021

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
1 November 2021
Answer due by
16 November 2021
Answered
16 November 202115 days after tabling
Department
Department for Communities
Priority question
No

Answer

In response to the current pandemic, I have written to social landlords to ask that the “no eviction” agreement for Covid-19 related rent arrears currently in place within the social housing sector continues to 4 May 2022.

The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (NI) 2020 also continues to 4 May 2022 and imposed on landlords the requirement to provide tenants with a 12 weeks’ “Notice To Quit” period.

A Private Tenancies Bill, currently progressing through the Assembly will introduce further changes to Notice to Quit. As part of a programme of longer term work to reform the private rented sector, I will consider the possibility of creating grounds for eviction, upon which stakeholders will be consulted.

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