The Renters Reform Bill proposed by Michael Gove, the former housing secretary, was shelved last month when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the election.
The bill was paused amid pressure from landlord MPs and the Government vowed not to ban so-called “no-fault evictions” until the courts were reformed.
The Conservatives’ manifesto pledges to “deliver the court reforms necessary to fully abolish Section 21 and strengthen other grounds for landlords to evict private tenants guilty of anti-social behaviour”.
Labour has said it will “immediately abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions”. It also said it wants to “prevent private renters being exploited and discriminated against, empower them to challenge unreasonable rent increases and take steps to decisively raise standards”.
Rightmove said the pace of growth in rental prices has eased from its peak of 12pc two years ago but remained significantly higher than the “more normal” level of around 2pc per year seen before the coronavirus pandemic.
It added that an improvement in the balance between supply and demand in London has contributed to a slowing of rental price growth. By contrast, Scotland is currently the hardest hit by supply and demand imbalances, Rightmove said.
