Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 25
25
The Department highlighted that its recent work has rightly focused on responding to the COVID-19...
Conclusion
The Department highlighted that its recent work has rightly focused on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which it introduced protections through a temporary restriction on eviction proceedings. The Department told us it continues to monitor the situation as restrictions are lifted. Landlords have also suffered during the pandemic, for example through a loss in rent payments. The Department has limited insight into these issues, or what the knock-on consequences may mean for the affordability or supply of rented homes within the sector if landlords exit the market or increase rents.58
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The government recognises the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, including pressures faced by both landlords and tenants.