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Landlord anticipating UC rollout by issuing speculative section 21 notices
Raised in PMQs earlier ....
Universal Credit is so likely to lead to rent arrears, a lettings agent has taken the “extraordinary” step of issuing notices of eviction to its tenants, Labour reveals today.
Hundreds of families in North East Lincolnshire are thought to have received the ‘section 21’ notices from GAP Property ahead of next month’s rollout of Universal Credit (UC) in the area.
Section 21 notices give a tenant two months’ notice that they may be evicted and lasts for six months, during which time possession proceedings can be issued without further notice and without fault on the part of the tenant.
http://press.labour.org.uk/post/167516392214/families-face-bleak-christmas-under-threat-of
This letter is not intended to cause you alarm, rather to inform you of the problems that could very well occur during the roll-out of Universal Credit ..... This is an extraordinary event that requires both you and us to take extraordinary measures ...
https://twitter.com/nearlylegal/status/930783291527041029
More:
Universal Credit – here comes the homelessness - Nearly Legal
Landlord defends sending eviction letters ahead of universal credit rollout - The Guardian