Social Housing Evictions Higher Than In Private Housing

Of the possession claims issued in the first quarter of 2016, over half (57%) occurred in social housing. By contrast, just 15% occurred in private, while 28% of possession claims were accelerated procedures. Accelerated possession claims are made up of a mixture of both social and private, but it is likely that a substantial amount of the claims will be from the latter tenure. However, even if all the accelerated possession claims came from the private rented sector (PRS), this would still only amount to 43% – far less than the figure for social housing.  Many claims result in county court bailiff repossessions and findings show that the majority originate from social housing, with 44% in social, 14% in private and 42% accelerated. Read more on the NLA website.