Loopholes in new legislation to protect tenants could see “unscrupulous landlords” continue to evict people renters “by the backdoor”, Citizens Advice said, as it detailed helping record numbers of people with those issues last month.
The charity provided support to almost 2,000 people with issues around so-called no-fault evictions in May, which it said is the most in a single month on record and a 25% increase since the same month last year.
The long-awaited Renters’ (Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament last month, promising to deliver on a 2019 Conservative manifesto commitment to abolish Section 21 (no-fault) evictions.
