Two members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom have resorted to prayer to protect tenants who are at risk of being evicted. Skeptical about the power of prayer? Read on.
The protections for tenants during COVID-19 have never been as robust as those for homeowners.1 The temporary ban on tenant evictions is due to end on August 23. The government is about to rise for its annual vacation. There are no plans to pass legislation to extend the ban or any other protections.
There are some new regulations, which experts say offer no protection at all.
Enter the “prayer against,” the rarely used procedure for the Lords to annul government actions they consider egregious. It hasn’t been used for 20 years.
You can read more about this in I: The Government failed renters on evictions – but a House of Lords motion could force them to act
