Property News · January 8, 2018

How eviction leads to homelessness: ‘My youngest child doesn’t know what a home is’


Loss of tenancy – sometimes with just two months’ notice – is a major cause of homelessness, forcing families into temporary accommodation. These photographs show how people living in north Wales have been affectedThe single biggest cause of homelessness today is loss of tenancy – in other words, an eviction. An increasing number of these are “no-fault evictions” – meaning the landlord need not give any reason why they are turfing someone out of their home.This year, a study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research found that 80% of private-sector evictions in 2015 occurred under these provisions, which fall under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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