The number of tenants evicted by their landlords is at a
record high, new figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal, with experts
blaming the spike in repossessions on benefit cuts and the growing trend of
“revenge evictions”. More than 11,000 tenants were evicted in just three months
between June and September this year – an 11 per cent increase on the previous
quarter and the highest number since records began in 2000. In the year to September
2014, more than 40,000 households were evicted – a rise of 117 per cent on the
previous 12 months. Read more on the Independent website.
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