Private Tenants

EDM number 685 in 2010-12, proposed by Toby Perkins on 07/09/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Private rented housing.

That this House notes the continuing problem faced by England's eight million private tenants of irresponsible landlords and poorly-maintained private rented properties, highlighted in a report by Shelter; and urges the Government to protect private tenants by implementing reforms to combat this problem, including through a National Register of Landlords, regulation of letting and managing agents and the institution of compulsory written tenancy agreements.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.