MHCLG Select Committee Report Discusses The Stays On Notices And Eviction

• Published date: 24 May 2021
• Law Firm: JMW Solicitors LLP
• Author: Mr David Smith

As we approach the end of May we come close to the end of the eviction stay in England and Wales and the end of the longer notice periods for England for section 8 and 21 notices. Naturally, there could be further extensions to one or both of these. In fact, this is the nub of the problem as the government has extended these limits several times but has consistently done so at the very last minute. This of course leaves both landlords and tenants in a highly uncertain position as the deadline looms with landlords uncertain if they will be able to recover their properties while tenants do not know if they will leave their homes.

On the side of ending the stay is that some tenants are...