‘ Analysis of recent rent possessions – carried out by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism with support from Now Then and other publishers across England and Wales – suggests that this is exactly what happened as the national ban on evictions due to coronavirus was halted.
71% of rent possession cases observed by Now Then in Sheffield during July and August resulted in a possession order being granted, with tenants forced to leave their homes between 14 and 56 days.
Shockingly, one local case saw a tenant evicted from social housing who owed less than £300 to her landlord. Almost two-thirds of tenants had no legal representation in court in Sheffield, while nationally decisions about evictions were made by judges in an average of just ten minutes.’ NowThen
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