NEW laws must be introduced to prevent landlords forcing out tenants for complaining about the poor condition of their home in so-called "revenge evictions," MPs said yesterday.

Opening the debate on the second reading of her Tenancies (Reform) Bill, Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather said retaliatory evictions of tenants who legitimately demand repairs are becoming "depressingly familiar" to organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and housing charity Shelter.

Introducing new laws to ban such evictions would simply help tenants uphold existing rules, she said.