Private member’s bill is sent to Lords following investigation by the Guardian and ITV News
Tenants are to be given more powers to fight rogue landlords renting out properties “unfit for human habitation”, following a key vote by MPs.
The move came in a week when a Guardian and ITV News investigation discovered how convicted landlords can continue to collect rents – often funded by taxpayers via housing benefit – even when they have been prosecuted for housing offences and failed to pass the “fit and proper” person tests required by housing legislation.
Related: The rogue landlord's loopholes: how the law fails renters
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