Landlords and housing associations that bar tenants from setting up businesses in their rented homes must make an exception for childminders, the government has said.
Claire Coutinho, the children and families minister, has written an open letter to landlords, housing associations and developers “urging them to better support prospective childminders who too often face restrictive clauses in contracts which stop them from working in their homes”.
Coutinho said one in eight childminders gave up trying to register because they could not get permission to work from home. “Too often prospective childminders are having the door slammed in their faces,” she said.
