Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.
And it warns that more renters are likely to lose their homes in the coming months as living costs continue to rise.
The figures show that 14,123 landlords started court proceedings to evict tenants from their properties between October and December 2021, up by 43 per cent on the previous quarter.
The charity claims private landlords are now starting as many court proceedings to evict tenants as they did before the pandemic. A total of 9,410 claims were made to court against tenants in the final quarter of 2021, compared to 9,676 in the same period in 2019.
It states that the eviction ban helped keep many renters safe in their homes during the pandemic. Now this protection has gone, evictions are picking up and renters, who faced job losses and furlough, are struggling even more.
Polling carried out for the charity by YouGov in late 2021, found that 275,000 private renting households had received an eviction notice in the previous month or were behind on their rent.
This is equivalent to one in 17 private renting households being in real danger of losing their home this winter, Shelter claims.
The survey also shows that some 45 per cent of private renters are more worried about becoming homeless because of the current economic situation and living costs.
Nearly a quarter were behind on their rent or constantly struggling to pay it and nearly a third had to cut back on food for them or their partner in the previous month.
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Typical rhetoric from Shelter. Then they wonder why there are fewer rental properties available and rents are increasing.
And just what do they expect if they don't pay???????
The fact that there are so many cases proceeding justifies KEEPING Section 21’s. Landlords do not evict tenants for fun they evict because they are in arrears, are anti social, are beating up their partners etc. Other examples are because the landlord has had a change in circumstances and wants to move back in or needs to sell the property. There is no point and no advantage in evicting a tenant unless there is a valid reason. Shelter are causing many landlords to lose faith in the PRS and sell up. This is causing rents to increase and the last 3 months are testimony to this with ridiculous rent hikes. ARE YOU LISTENING SHELTER?
No, they are not interested in listening. In their perverted world, with apologies to George Orwell, tenants good, landlords bad.
Apparently only 41% of the cases are PRS, so why are Shelter not attacking the 59%?
The removal of S21 will, in itself, trigger a wave of S21 notices- partly because some landlords will be fearful of what is around the corner (without knowing the exact details) and partly because they have a tenant that is already showing signs of a struggle and they don't want to only have S8 in their toolkit. The S21 removal will, in my opinion, be one of the biggest own goals of modern times- with landlords being far less likely to give a borderline tenant the benefit of the doubt.
Am I missing something, but I would be interested to know how the 9,410 S21's break down into:
- Pure rent arrears?
- Breach of tenancy with no rent arrears?
- Property being sold?
- Landlord re-occupying/death of Landlord?
- Property requiring refurbishment for MEES, etc?
Since the whole point of S21 is that you don’t have to give a reason, we are unlikely to know the answer.
Well, perhaps they should have sorted out their finances before they rented the property?
I bet they would have managed to keep paying the HP on the new BMW outsidet their house???????
Then why not the rent?
Let's hope the eviction is swift and painful. I suppose they can sleep in th BM?
I've been letting residential properties since 1996. Never before have I seen so many landlords exit the market. The supply shortage has lifted rents significantly over the last 18 months.
so yet again Shelter is not looking at the complete picture and if the S21 is abolished more landlords will be leaving the PRS as they will not want the insecurity of not being able to serve notice should they need to do so. Kristjan is right when he states this is an own goal.
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