Fair Possession Summit (Removal of Section 21 Notice)

Posted on May 24th, 2019

21 May 2019, Smith Square London

SWLA Vice Chair Iain Maitland attended the joint RLA/NLA hosted summit chaired by the crossbench peer The Earl of Lytton.

The summit was to agree a united Draft Blueprint for Reforms to Regulations Governing Repossession. Representatives of landlords amd letting agents met to;

1. agree a statement setting out background and principles
2. agree a detailed paper outlining the grounds that should be available to landlords to repossess a property, the time lengths, and procedures for each of them
3. agree a Draft Statement for presentation to Government for inclusion in the forthcoming consultation paper

When the agreed Draft Statement is finalised, SWLA will promulgate, lobby and encourage members to lobby to have the principles incorporated into any new legislation proposed in the wake of the abolition of the Section 21 Notice (often referred to as the ‘No Fault Eviction’).