Section 21 evictions reach record breaking high

‘Renters shouldn’t have to live for one more day with the fear they can be evicted from their home for no reason’
There’s always a reason. And there is a legal process in place that has to be followed to do this.
Are Shelter ultimately actually saying that is wrong that LL’s should never be able to get their propery back under any circumstance?
If not, then any breach in the terms of a tenancy by the tenant will always require the abiliy to have swift possession by the landlord.
I’d actually like to have a list from Shelter of ALL the scenarios that they believe where possession (s21 and or S8) is fully warranted (in their eyes) and what they think is ‘fair’ (in their terms)
They are quick to go to town on calling for S21 to be ousted, but have no idea of the reasons why this is used.
If they did this, the NRLA (or anyone else) could then reply to each and every scenario point by point in turn.
Very quickly they would see the reality of what will be! Then they will have to show very clearly how this benefits in any way the tenants they proport to ‘assist’ (not home themselves!)

“It beggars belief that this government is prepared to use cynical tactics to delay the banning of no-fault evictions, while record numbers of renters are being removed from their homes without cause”
Dear Polly
You are the expert on cynical tactics to promote your agenda, as you know perfectly well that S21 notices are seldom ‘no cause’, that it generally takes significantly longer than two months to obtain possession, and that your untruthful narrative is causing real harm to the increasing number of tenants dislodged as a result of landlords leaving the sector for fear of being unable to obtain possession. If you were capable of shame, you should be very ashamed.

Typically, having regained their property, most BTL landlords will want to re-let it.
If ‘kicking tenants out’ (by following the legal, court-approved, S21 process) is causing homelessness, isn’t re-letting the same property to new tenants helping to solve the homelessness problem.
Obviously, if the landlord wanted to sell or move back in, they could have used S8 instead of S21, so it hasn’t changed the amount of homelessness ’caused’.

Reply to the comment left by Shining Wit at 10/11/2023 – 11:21There is no “want to sell” ground under S8.

Well well.well poly ,chickens comming home to roost comes to mind, you and your obvious distain for landlords will see more landlords to give up making more families and individuals homeless.

Meanwhile, Shelter with their £millions want to house the homeless in tents.

You couldn’t make it up.

How many properties could they have bought?

But they don’t even want to provide the tents.
That’s for someone else to fund.

‘8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no-fault eviction court proceedings against their tenants’.

started. Were they all followed through? Many times a S21 and S8 are applied for at the same time. If the LL moved to rely on S8 then S21 would not have been actioned on so cannot be counted as ‘carried out to final eviction’.

‘The latest figures also show 2,307 households were removed from their homes by bailiffs as a result of a Section 21’

1. for the same period of July and September this year or for a different period of time???? Big difference if that is over 3 months or a year. If over a year this relates to 6.3 per day as if July – Sept that’s 25.6 per day.

2. How do you know the Bailiffs specifically evict a direct result of a S21? The possession form that is granted from the court does not give that level of detail and the bailiffs dont ask for that detail either when they are employed???

Reply to the comment left by Easy rider at 10/11/2023 – 17:29
Shelter staff had to threaten strike action as shelter don’t pay them end to avoid homelessness. You couldn’t make it up!