So the problems here then have been obvious for far too long with the original renters' laws that were brought in back in 1986. What the reliance on that original legislation from the 1980s has meant is that previous Governments have been allowed to continue to see housing viewed as something left to the market, instead of a core public good. This legislation starts to correct the imbalance of power between tenants and landlords that has been having a harmful impact on communities and families, actually, for far too long—for far too long. 