The government will allow social landlords to offer new tenancies of up to 10 years – rather than five – in a partial climbdown in the Housing and Planning Bill.
Ahead of the bill’s third reading in the House of Lords this afternoon, Baroness Susan Williams of Trafford, a junior minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government, has tabled an amendment to allow new fixed-term tenancies of up to 10 years.
The government had intended to limit new tenancies to five years in order to “ensure better use” of social housing stock. However, this move had been criticised by peers and campaign groups.