Written questions

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

2026-06-10 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 9124 · Official question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of the abolition of section 21 notices on the availability of rental accommodation.

Answer

English Housing Survey 2024-2025 data, which can be found on gov.uk here, indicates that the size of the private rented sector remains stable at around 19% of households in England. My Department has made no specific assessment of the availability of rent...