Section 21 is being abolished

The Government is today announcing its intention to abolish Section 21 - changing the way that you can evict tenants.Under current Section 21 law, landlords can enact Section 21 'No Fault Eviction' of the Landlords and Tenants Act to give tenants 3 months notice before eviction. Under new government proposals, evictions of tenants may become more difficult.Headline ChangesSection 21 evictions will be...

The Government is today announcing its intention to abolish Section 21 – changing the way that you can evict tenants.
Under current Section 21 law, landlords can enact Section 21 ‘No Fault Eviction’ of the Landlords and Tenants Act to give tenants 3 months notice before eviction. Under new government proposals, evictions of tenants may become more difficult.

Headline Changes

Section 21 evictions will be banned ‘outright’.Landlords will have to invoke Section 8 of the Landlords and Tenants Act in order to evict a tenant.Under Section 8, a tenant can only be evicted should they fall into rent arrears, are involved in criminal or antisocial behaviour or have broken terms of the rent agreement, such as damaging the property.The government intends to amend Section 8 so that landlords can also evict if they want to ell the property or move back in themselves.Unlike Section 21, tenants can legally challenge Section 8 evictions.
Will I Ever Enact Section 21?

Government data shows that on average tenants live in their rental properties for over four years and that in 90 per cent of cases tenancies are ended by the tenant rather than the landlord.

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