Housing secretary to publish white paper advocating better protections for tenants

Millions of tenants could be offered greater protection from wrongdoing by landlords in long-awaited social housing reforms to be announced this week, more than three years after the Grenfell Tower disaster.

The housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, is preparing to unveil new policies for England, which are expected to include a strengthened regulator with a mandate to check council and registered social landlords in England, listen to tenants and maintain standards of homes.

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