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New guidance on possessions and right to rent
Now that restrictions on bailiff enforcement of evictions in England and Wales have been lifted bailiffs are, as far as practical, outstanding warrants will be…
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Generation Rents sets out wish list
An end to automatic evictions for rent arrears, four month notice periods with a winter ‘truce’ on evictions, a national register of landlords, and compensation…
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Chaos in the courts predicted
There will be chaos in the courts, which will be unable to deal with an avalanche of possession claims once the ban on bailiff evictions…
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Dire eviction warnings proved to be wrong
Warnings of a surge of evictions following the partial lifting of the repossessions ban in September last year proved to be unfounded, The National Residential…
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New restrictions leave housing market open
Latest Covid restrictions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have left the property and lettings markets largely untouched, for now at least. The general…
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Wales puts hold on Christmas evictions
Emergency legislation in Wales has blocked private and social sector tenant evictions before 11 January 2020. ‘We have taken action to protect public health and…
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‘Vital’ for landlords to be able to recover property
It is vital for the future supply of good quality rented housing that abolition of section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions is accompanied by an assurance…
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No eviction enforcement until January next year
Courts in England will remain open during the latest national lockdown, but evictions will not be enforced until 11 January 2021 ‘at the earliest’. There…
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Government backtracks (a little) on eviction notice periods
Backtracking a little on initial indications of how an extension of the ban on tenant evictions in England would work, the Government has cut the…
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Scotland extends eviction ban, but adds tenant support fund
Scotland has extended its ban on tenant evictions until March 2021. The move had been telegraphed by ministers and came as no great shock. More…
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Fury at evictions ban extension, calls for help from all sides
Furore has continued over the Government’s last minute and unheralded change of heart over tenant evictions. A ban on evictions had been due to end…
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Ban on eviction ignores anti-social problems
A blanket ban on evictions that allows ‘won’t pay’ tenants to build up arrears and anti-social behaviour to continue is ‘a kick in the stomach’…
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Ban on Evictions Extended
A ban on tenant evictions in England, due to expire next week, has instead been extended until 20 September. And falling into line with Wales,…
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McDonnell calls for curb on landlords
Former shadow chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell has used an article in the Guardian newspaper to call for the ban on tenant evictions to…
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We want co-operation, not hostility – NRLA
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s warning of a ‘devastating tsunami of evictions’ when the current ban on possession claims ends next week, have been branded…
