The government’s statutory homelessness report in England covering July to September 2023 revealed that 6,580 households were threatened with homelessness due to service of a Section 21 notice to end an assured shorthold tenancy — an increase of 3.1% from the same quarter last year.
It comes as the government delayed plans to delay no-fault evictions in the Renters Reform Bill after Michael Gove announced the ban will only be brought in once improvements to the courts are made.
Gove has since pledged to ban no-fault evictions by the next general election.
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing, Helen Morgan MP, said: “It is disgraceful that the Conservative government has once again chosen to postpone its long-promised ban on no-fault evictions to save squabbling with backbench MPs.
“There are now more vulnerable people and children without a permanent roof over their head because of the government's delay.
“It’s time Conservative ministers understood that homelessness is not a lifestyle choice — too often it is a result of the hgovernment’s shameful decisions.”
