Standing up for renters across High Peak

Everyone deserves a safe, secure place to call home. Yet far too often, residents tell me about sudden rent hikes, repairs that never get done, or the fear that simply standing up to a landlord could leave them facing eviction. I hear these stories on the doorstep, at coffee mornings, in supermarket surgeries – the anxiety is constant, and it is real.

My team and I have supported countless private renters across High Peak. One family was hit with a Section 21 “no-fault” eviction after seven years in the same home. Another faced two no-fault evictions in a decade. How can anyone plan for the future when the roof over their head can be taken away at a moment’s notice? A decent society can’t allow people to live with that level of insecurity.

That is why the Renters’ Rights Act Labour introduced last month matters so much. It is the biggest upgrade in protections for private tenants in a generation, bringing about long overdue and desperately needed change. For too long, a broken system left 11 million renters across the country at the mercy of unfair rents, unpredictable evictions and weak enforcement.

The new Act changes that.

It cracks down on unjustified rent rises.

It creates a new Private Rented Sector Ombudsman to ensure quicker, fairer dispute resolution.

It establishes a national landlord database, so tenants can finally see whether a landlord meets basic legal standards.

And crucially, it ends Section 21 no-fault evictions once and for all.

This single change will transform the lives of renters across High Peak. No longer will tenants be afraid to ask for essential repairs, or to challenge an unreasonable rent increase, because their home could be taken away in retaliation. Ending no-fault evictions restores a basic principle: your home should be secure as long as you play by the rules.

The Renters’ Rights Act is about dignity, stability and fairness. It levels the playing field between tenants and landlords and delivers real, lasting change. It also fulfils a key Labour manifesto commitment, delivering a promise that Reform and the Conservatives voted against. While they chose to block stronger protections for renters, Labour chose to stand with working people and families who simply want a safe place to live.

If you’re dealing with problems in your rented home, whether it be repairs, rent issues, or anything else, then please contact my office. My team and I are here to help, and we will always do everything we can to support you.

You can reach us on 01298 918189 or [email protected].