More at risk of homelessness through no-fault evictions in Mid Sussex

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 6th May 2022, 11:58 BST
File photo dated 25/01/18 of a homeless person outside Victoria Station in London, as new figures suggest that more people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade.File photo dated 25/01/18 of a homeless person outside Victoria Station in London, as new figures suggest that more people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade.
File photo dated 25/01/18 of a homeless person outside Victoria Station in London, as new figures suggest that more people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade.
More households were threatened with homelessness through no-fault evictions in Mid Sussex last autumn than before the pandemic, new figures show.

More households were threatened with homelessness through no-fault evictions in Mid Sussex last autumn than before the pandemic, new figures show.

Despite a recent pledge from the Government to scrap them, landlords are still able to evict tenants through a section 21 notice, which can provide tenants with as little as eight weeks’ notice to leave – sometimes without reason – once the fixed term in their tenancy agreement expires.

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Housing campaigners argue these "no-fault" evictions have contributed to worsening homelessness in the UK.

Data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows 15 households in Mid Sussex were made homeless or put at risk of homelessness between October and December last year after being served with section 21 notices.

This was an increase from the six households threatened with homelessness for the same reason in October to December of 2019, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Across England, 5,260 households faced homelessness due to no-fault evictions in the last three months of 2021 – a 37% rise compared to 2019.