More than 35,000 households in England will be evicted by time no-fault notices banned

The government first promised to ban no-fault evictions in 2019 but the reforms have been delayed again. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

More than 35,000 households will have been thrown out of their homes by bailiffs using “no-fault” evictions by the time the practice is banned in England, after years of government delays.

Since Theresa May was prime minister, successive governments have pledged to end the right of landlords to reclaim possession of their property without rent arrears or bad behaviour by tenants.