Private Rented Housing: Evictions
2026-05-19 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 3729 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protection is available to those tenants that were issued with a Section 21 notice by their landlords just before the Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force.
Answer
The latest Ministry of Justice official possession statistics, which can be found on gov.uk here, make clear that from January to March 2026, accelerated possession claims in England decreased by 12% compared to the same quarter in the previous year.The g...