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Evidence to NI Assembly Committee on new Private Tenancies Bill

The experience of Housing Rights’ clients, many of whom are on low incomes, is that within the private rented sector (PRS) a sub sector exists which is characterised by poor standards, insecurity of tenure and problems with affordability. In our view this Bill is an important first step in a series of legislative reforms to address some of these issues in the PRS.

January 2022

Housing Rights welcomes the objective of making the private rented sector a safer and more secure housing option for those who live there.

We welcome this legislation as a first step towards the achievement of this objective. In our view, however it would be inappropriate to view these changes in and of themselves as sufficiently significant to reform the sector, and address the totality of the issues facing the increasingly vulnerable demographics who live there

Written evidence on Private Tenancies Bill January 2022