What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters

What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters

What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters Renters got a major rights boost in England, the global deforestation rate slowed, and a living reef took shape in Wales, plus more good news This week’s good news roundup New law a ‘victory of a lifetime’ for England’s renters England’s 11 million private renters have been granted the most significant boost to their rights in decades thanks to a landmark bill passed by the UK government. At the heart of the Renters’ Rights Act is a ban on no-fault evictions, a discriminatory practice that has pushed thousands of people into homelessness “[This] is the victory of a lifetime for renters,” said Sarah Elliott, chief executive of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. “England’s 11 million renters will finally be unshackled from the gross injustice of no-fault evictions that have made thousands homeless.” Another element of the act is Awaab’s law, which obliges social landlords – including councils and housing associations – to fix em…