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Do witnesses support Shelter’s call for all tenants in temporary accommodation to be explicitly given the same protections as tenants in the private sector and permanent tenants in the social sector?
They recommended a statutory process with the Tenant Farming Commissioner appointing a valuer, arbiter or mediator to avoid having to take disputes to the land court which is costly so leads tenants to abandoning diversification.
This has considered water quality and water resources, land that might be needed for asset expansion, suitability of the land for tree planting and to ensure that tenant farmers activities are not adversely impacted.
In other words, a landlord should not have an advantage in knowing what the tenant is going to be doing before they decide whether to keep the tenant on.iiDelegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.