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.
