Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to extend the ban on evictions for commercial tenants who miss rent payments during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
On 19 June, the Government announced the extension of the moratorium on commercial lease forfeitures, as well as extensions to other measures protecting tenants for a further three months. These measures will provide businesses with the certainty they need as they begin to reopen.
The announcement confirms that in order to protect tenant businesses during this period government:
Government also published a Code of Practice for the commercial property sector in collaboration with key representative bodies. The Code will reinforce and promote good practice amongst landlords and tenants as they deal with the issues caused by COVID-19.