The outgoing chief executive of Shelter Polly Neate claims tenants are being marched out of their homes in their thousands.

Stating government data released over the weekend showed 2,830 households in England alone were removed from their homes by bailiffs as a result of a Section 21 no-fault eviction between July and September – up 23% in a year. 

The figures from the Ministry of Justice also show 8,425 landlords in England started Section 21 eviction proceedings against their tenants during the same period, the highest number in eight years.  

Neate claims S21 evictions are a major reason for households being threatened with homelessness as they allow landlords to evict tenants with just two months’ notice, with no reason given.

Neate states: With renters being marched out of their homes in their thousands, passing the Renter’s Rights Bill and closing the book on the gross injustice of no-fault evictions can’t come soon enough The Bill represents a welcome new chapter for tenants. But, with landlords allowed to hike up rents on a whim as a way of pricing current tenants out of their homes, renters will continue to live in fear even after Section 21 is scrapped.  

She goes on to say: If the government wants the Renter’s Rights Bill to be truly transformative, it must go further. Rent increases during tenancies must be capped in line with inflation or wage growth to make renting safer, secure, and affordable. 

Shelter supports her comments adding that over 60,000 renters have been forced out of their homes by a rent hike they couldn’t afford in the past year.

The Renters Rights Bill awaits its 3rd Reading in the Commons.

For more info on the Renter’s Rights Bill’s Section 21 notice plans visit https://https://www.gov.uk/government/news/landmark-reforms-to-give-greater-security

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