JERSEY’S Housing Minister has hailed a decision to approve his plans for a major overhaul of the Island’s Residential Tenancy Law as “a huge vindication”. Debate over Deputy Sam Mézec’s proposals, which included plans to stop landlords from raising rent more than once a year, limit rent increases to the rate of inflation (RPI) and cap […]
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Reform Jersey politician calls for new policy to deal with ‘unaffordable’ social housing rents
A NEW policy is needed to tackle “unaffordable” social housing rents which are pushing some tenants “deeper into poverty”, a Reform Jersey politician has argued in her recently lodged proposition. Deputy Raluca Kovacs is calling on the Housing Minister – fellow Reform member Deputy Sam Mézec – to ensure that social housing rents are set […]
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Deputy attracts little support in attempt to change social housing criteria
A FORMER Housing Minister has suffered a heavy defeat in an attempt to revise the criteria for pensioners wishing to gain access to social housing. Deputy David Warr put forward plans in the States Assembly yesterday to raise the limit for pensioners wanting to enter the Affordable Housing Gateway from the current figure of £70,000 […]
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Rent laws return to Chamber for latest stage of minister’s long-running bid for change
POLITICIANS began a potentially lengthy debate over moves to change the Island’s Residential Tenancy Law yesterday. Housing Minister Sam Mézec introduced his proposition by expressing incredulity that a pro-landlord lobbying group had described the measures as “rushed”, when in fact they had been in preparation for over five years. Longer notice periods, limits on frequency […]
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Latest ‘Homelessness in Jersey’ report published
MENTAL-HEALTH issues and alcohol and drug use are among the main drivers of homelessness in the Island, according to recently released statistics. Housing Minister Sam Mézec’s latest Homelessness in Jersey report, which draws together information from several organisations providing support to vulnerable Islanders, includes figures for the third quarter of 2025. It showed that, between […]
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Housing Minister hails “historic day” as updated rental law takes effect
15 APRIL 2026 was a date almost certainly circled on Housing Minister Sam Mézec’s calendar – and one of significance for the thousands of Islanders who rent their homes, as well as their landlords. Changes to the Island’s residential tenancy legislation came into force yesterday, in what the Reform Jersey leader described as a “historic” day and […]
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Jersey Landlords Association chair on tenancy law changes: “We fully respect the democratic process”
THE Jersey Landlords Association will work with its members to help them “adjust” to recently-approved changes to the Island’s residential tenancy legislation, according to the organisation’s chair. Guy Morris’s comments come after the States Assembly voted in favour of Housing Minister Sam Mézec’s bid to update the Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Law 2011. Deputy Mézec’s proposals […]
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Budget constraints halt minister’s progress on empty property tax
A POTENTIAL tax on empty residential properties – to help bring vacant homes back into use – is not currently being progressed by the Housing Minister due to budget constraints, it has emerged. Deputy Sam Mézec yesterday told States Members that he did not have resources “to pursue the kind of option that I would […]
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Scrutiny panel seeks to bring ‘better balance’ to Island’s renting law
A SCRUTINY panel has moved to clear up what it describes as “significant misinformation and confusion” around proposed changes to the Island’s rental laws ahead of a key debate in the States Assembly. Following an extensive review into the Residential Tenancy Law, including around 550 responses to a consultation exercise, the Environment, Housing, and Infrastructure […]
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Ministerial spat ignites inter-island tension ahead of ‘collaboration’ event
AN UNSEEMLY row between two ministers for the business community at which the Chief Ministers of Jersey and Guernsey will talk about the potential for inter-island collaboration has been overshadowed by an unseemly row between two other ministers. Tensions over the last year’s collapse of the joint tender process for ferry services to both islands […]
