Bailiffs are evicting more renting households than at any time in the last six years, the Ministry of Justice has said, as protesters chanted for rent controls outside the HQ of Britain's biggest listed private landlord.
MoJ figures released on Thursday showed county court bailiffs evicted 2,682 households in England and Wales in the first three months of this year as a result of landlords issuing section 21 no fault eviction notices. This was the highest level since the start of 2017 despite the government first promising to end the practice in April 2019.
The housing charity Shelter claimed the renters (reform) bill was in tatters having been amended after lobbying from landlords, leaving renters trapped in the same hellish conditions they've endured for decades.
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