Shadow Housing Secretary Sir James Cleverly says he has been given notice to quit his rented home, blaming the incoming Renters’ Rights Act.

Cleverly told The Neg, “This was an entirely predictable outcome, and indeed we predicted it during the passage of this Bill. But this arrogant Labour Government didn’t listen to the warnings from us or the sector.

“And now good landlords are selling up and leaving the market, renters face fewer options and higher rates. Labour have hurt the very people they claimed they would help.”

“Good landlords are selling up and leaving the market, renters face fewer options and higher rates. Labour have hurt the very people they claimed they would help.”

He broke the news that he himself had become a victim of the Act, at the recent London Housing Summit, saying, “I have just personally received a notice from my landlord, who is selling the house that I rent.”

“That experience is replicated thousands of times across the country as a tenure type. The private rented sector is basically being regulated out of existence by this government,” he told public sector housing magazine, Inside Housing.

Wrong direction

Even though the idea was first floated by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, under a Conservative government, Cleverly has previously described the legislation as the “wrong direction of travel”, warning it risks a landlord exodus, reduced supply and higher rents.

It is not clear if the eviction occurred in his constituency in Braintree, Essex or in London.

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