Fresh Fears over 'Revenge Evictions'

More than a quarter of households who have become homeless over the last year in England are in this situation because their landlord ended their tenancy, new research has found, prompting fresh fears over 'revenge' evictions.  Some 13,650 private renters were accepted as homeless in 2013/2014 – the highest number in nearly 10 years and 14 per cent higher than the previous financial year, according to the CLG.  This represents 26 per cent of the total number of households accepted as homeless over the last year, which fell over all by 3 per cent to 52,260 compared to the previous year.  Housing charity Shelter said the figures were the ‘tip of the iceberg’ after its own recent survey showed calls from people who were served eviction notices from landlords had doubled over the last year. Read more on the Daily Mail website.