Social Rented Housing: Evictions
(asked on 15th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who required social housing in (a) the last year and (b) in 2017 due to being issued a section 21 notice whilst living in private sector accommodation.
Answered by
Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 22nd December 2022
The Department does not have data on the number of people requiring social housing due to being issued a section 21 notice.
Ensuring a fair deal for renters remains a priority for this government, and we will legislate in this Parliament to abolish section 21 'no fault' evictions.