Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, said: 

“It is appalling that David Cameron’s Housing Minister thinks it’s acceptable for someone to be evicted just because they are receiving social security, even if they are in work, paying the rent on time and looking after the property. Does he also think landlords should be able to evict people who have just lost their job through no fault of their own, or people receiving disability support?

“There has been a sixty per cent rise in working people claiming housing benefit under this out-of-touch Tory-led Government. They’re having to claim assistance because of a cost-of-living crisis squeezing disposable incomes and sky-high rents, caused by David Cameron’s failure to build more affordable homes. The number of homes being built in the UK has been at its lowest peacetime level since the 1920s under David Cameron and it’s clear the Tories aren’t just incompetent, they’re callous about the real-life impact of their failures.

"Labour has set out its plans to reform the private rental market by legislating for longer-term tenancies with predictable rents, and a ban on letting fees charged to tenants. Only Labour will stand-up for Generation Rent.”