Posted 01.11.16
Generation Rent: Article link
Private landlords are able to evict tenants without needing to give a reason, using Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act. Tenants served with a valid Section 21 notice to quit have no defence and will very often move out within the two-month notice period without the landlord taking further action.
Analysis by Generation Rent with David Adler, an Oxford academic, shows that the level of these evictions (recorded by the Ministry of Justice as "accelerated" evictions) followed house prices pretty closely.
Note: Generation Rent campaigns for professionally managed, secure, decent and affordable private rented homes in sustainable communities.
