The Radix Big Tent Housing Commission has urged the government to improve standards in the justice system.

Landlords with bad tenants have struggled to evict them in a timely manner in recent years thanks to a backlog in the courts, which has driven some out of the sector.

Now a report by the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission has called for “a clear set of standards that tenants and landlords should rightly expect from the justice system and a route map explaining how to achieve them.”

The commission also called for more support for smaller investors, rather than just large housebuilders.

It added: “Both institutional and private landlords have a critical role in the housing market and should be engaged with on an equal basis to volume housebuilders.”

The National Residential Landlords Association backed the calls, with Ben Beadle, chief executive at the NRLA, saying: “The government should…accept the Commission’s call for a plan to improve the justice system alongside the Renters’ Rights Bill. Ministers have pledged to ensure the courts are ready for the changes in the Bill. It’s time for clarity about what ‘ready’ means for the sake of tenants and responsible landlords.”