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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
James Tapper

Care homes in England using ‘revenge evictions’ to stifle complaints from residents

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Providers need to give just 28 days’ notice for a resident to leave a home. Photograph: Rosemary Roberts/Alamy

Care home residents urgently need more security to prevent “revenge evictions”, campaigners say, after research revealed that at least one in 70 care residents in England received a notice to quit last year.

Providers currently need to give just 28 days’ notice for a resident to leave their home. The research, by King’s College London backed by the Relatives and Residents Association (R&RA), found many evictions came after complaints.

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