Rashanara Ali has resigned as a homeless minister, Downing Street has confirmed.
The step comes when he was accused of hypocrisy on how to handle the increase in fare at a home in East London.
He was called to homeless donations and to withdraw from opposition politicians.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, he has said that the rest of the role will be “a distraction with the ambitious work of this government”.
First in a story Broke by eye paperIn November, an email was sent to four tenants hiring a house owned by Ali in East London, in which he was given a four -month notice.
However, the property was re -listed shortly after leaving, £ 700 per month on a rent.
Tory party president Kevin Hallinreke accused Ali “Stunning hypocrisy” on property handling But Ali’s spokesman said that she “takes her responsibilities seriously and complies with all relevant legal needs”.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Ali wrote: “It is with a heavy heart that I resign you as a minister.”
Emphasizing that “all the time I have followed all relevant legal needs” he said: “I believe I took my responsibilities and duties seriously, and show the fact that the fact.
“However, it is clear that to continue in my role would be an distraction from the government’s ambitious work.
“So I have decided to resign from my ministerial post.”
Responding to his resignation, Prime Minister Sir Kir Star thanked him for his work, which he called a “hardworking”.
The PM praised his work for cancellation of the Wagrancy Act and said: “I know you will continue to support the government from the backbenth and represent the best interests of your components in Bethnal Green and Stepney.”
A source close to Ali said that the previous fixed-term contract was abolished as the house was being kept for sale and the tenants were told that they could live on a rolling basis while the house was in the market, but he had chosen to leave.
The house was placed in the market in November 2024 with a price of £ 914,995, but was reduced by £ 20,000 in February and I paper said it was re -listed as only a rent as it was not sold.
The bill for the rights of the government’s tenants is in its final stages in Parliament, and will ban the landlords from re -listing an assets for rent, if they have abolished a tenancy to sell for six months.
When the law is passed, the landlords will also have to give a four -month notice, which is not expected to be at least by next year.
Siân Smith, spokesman of London’s Rentures Union, said Ali’s action was “uncertain” and in his final stages should “step down” because of the “clear struggle of interest” with the bill.
Ali had to leave part of his ministerial portfolio in October last year, when she came into fire for her presence at a conference associated with the original company of one of the firms, one of the recent granfel inquiries.
Given her duties to managing the government’s reaction to building construction security and granfel tower fire, she said she was abbreviating the safety of her building because “perception matters”.
Welcoming his resignation, a Liberal Democrat spokesman said: “Rashanara Ali fundamentally misunderstood his role.
“His job was to be homeless, not to increase it.
“At the time of comprehensive political disillusionment, his actions were very irrelevant and only under conservatives were added to injury after years of delay for the rights of tenants.”
