Shelter says “26,000 no fault” evictions have been enforced by bailiffs since 2019. If this relates to the 5 million in the PRS then this represents around 7,000 tenancies a year or 0.1% of total.
Yes as many as one in a thousand tenancies …
Homelessness charity Shelter claims that since the government unveiled plans in 2019 to abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, nearly one million tenants have been evicted under the process.
It also warns that any further delay in banning…
News that the Government is tweaking the Renters (Reform) Bill has been welcomed by landlords everywhere, not so much by the usual suspects, but this awful legislation really needs sinking.
The proposed changes, including the abolition of section 21 &#…
The government is set to tweak its Renters (Reform) Bill in England, aiming to address concerns from landlords while still delivering security for tenants.
Critics say the changes will create ‘a landlords charter’ but ministers are respond…
The housing charity Shelter has condemned the government for ‘bowing to vested interests’ and delaying the implementation of the Renters (Reform) Bill, which would ban section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions.
It points to Ministry of Ju…
One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition of Section 21 as a panacea.
But I have yet to meet a landlord who actually believes that removing section 21 would make t…
Around 74,000 single-parent households and their children could be evicted and made homeless in England this winter, according to a new survey by housing charity Shelter.
The research, funded by the Nationwide Building Society, shows that one in seven …
Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for our tenants?
I only ask because this is the time of year to come up with resolutions.
I’ve explained at length that the Bill effectively transfer…
At least 309,000 people in England will spend Christmas without a home, including nearly 140,000 children – which Shelter says is an ‘outrage’ as it launches a new fundraising drive.
Shelter is a campaigning charity offering advice an…
The government’s Renters (Reform) Bill will fail without proper financial support of local authorities to deliver it, MPs have warned.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Private Rented Sector has published a report on the Bill which…
News this week that the rent cap in Scotland has led to higher rents will be a story ignored by the likes of Shelter, Generation Rent and Acorn.
But my first thought was, who’d have thunk it?
Capping rents at a time when landlords are seeing their over…
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