Michael Gove is to announce legislation to force private residential landlords to improve their properties.
The plans to create a set of national standards will be unveiled in the government’s levelling-up strategy on Wednesday.
The housing secretary will announce legislation that will require landlords to refit about 800,000 properties that do not meet requirements to be “safe, warm and in a good state of repair”.
The law will also introduce a register that anyone renting a house must join, with rogue landlords being ejected from the list.
All tenants in the private rental sector would also gain a new right to redress for complaints about their homes.
The move will bring private landlords into line with housing associations and councils.
It is one of 13 missions vital to the levelling-up agenda that Gove is expected to identify on Wednesday.
