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Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they want you to leave…
Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…
If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…
If you do not leave your home by the date given in an outright possession…
It’s a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to force you out of a…
Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs
You must follow strict procedures if you want your tenants to leave your…
You can evict tenants who have an assured shorthold tenancy using a…
You can use the possession claim online service if you want to get your…
You can apply for an accelerated possession order if your tenants have not…
The judge could decide to make an order, or that a hearing is needed.…
You can ask the court for a ‘warrant for possession’ if your tenants: do…
It’s a crime to harass or try to force your tenants out of a property…
Eviction of council or housing association tenants: grounds for eviction, notice period, and what a court can decide
You may be able to stop or delay the eviction. You can get advice from…
Your council or housing association must give you a written warning notice…
Your council or housing association will need permission from a court to…
Form N54A: Notice of further attempt at eviction (specimen form).
Notice used by landlords to end a tenancy under section 33D(3) of the Immigration Act 2014.
This guidance describes new measures that will protect tenants from eviction when they raise a complaint about the condition of their home.…
Guidance describing tenant harassment and setting out what people can do if they are being harassed or are threatened with illegal eviction.
Business owners affected by the pandemic will be protected from eviction until the end of March 2021.
The ban on evictions extended for another 4 weeks and new 6 month notice periods to be in place until at least 31 March 2021.
Commercial tenants will be protected from the risk of eviction until the end of 2020 helping businesses to protect jobs.
Renters across England and Wales will receive greater protection after the government extended the suspension of new evictions until 23 August.
Commercial tenants who cannot pay their rent because of coronavirus will be protected from eviction.
Register for a licence to monitor setts or evict and exclude badgers from setts or to destroy them for development or prevent serious damage.
How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
Biggest change to the private rental sector for a generation.
Government announces radical package of measures to protect renters and landlords affected by coronavirus.
A new government-backed scheme providing free legal advice to help 38,000 people a year at risk of losing their home launches today (1 August).
How to apply for a council house or flat - housing waiting lists, types of tenancies, the Right to Buy scheme and repairs, complaining about the council
More than £10 million a year of additional funding for housing legal aid.
People at risk of losing their home are set to benefit from enhanced legal support following a consultation launched by the government today (25 November 2021).
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