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'The Law Society stressed at the time that vulnerable people must not be excluded from accessing legal advice while the Law Centres Network pointed out that housing law is complex and that arbitration is often inappropriate.'

If there was ever an area that required proper independent legal advice it is housing law. At a time when a generation is having to rent and risk homelessness it is cras and disturbing in the extreme that a government minister cannot remotely imagine some streamlined process consider eviction cases is worthy of consultation.