Government To End ‘No-Fault’ Evictions In Private Rental Shake-Up

In a significant move by the government, Ms May revealed plans to put in place legislation that would end Section 21 evictions, also known as no-fault evictions. The government has hailed the move as “the biggest change to the private rental sector for a generation”, and said landlords would no longer be able to evict tenants at short notice without good reason. Under current Section 21 eviction laws, landlords are able to give tenants as little as eight weeks notice to leave a property after a fixed-term contract has come to an end. The new legislation would effectively create open-ended tenancies, with landlords being required to provide a “concrete-evidenced reason for bringing the tenancy to an end”. Read more on Inside Housing.

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