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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

No-fault evictions hit seven-year high amid government delays to ban

PA

The number of landlords pursuing no-fault evictions against their tenants is at its highest for seven years, new figures show, after the government again delayed plans to impose a ban.

More than 8,300 Section 21 evictions, known as no-fault evictions because the landlord doesn’t have to give a specific reason, were taken to court from July to September this year.

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