Housing Minister Robert Jenrick has announced that the coronavirus moratorium on evictions of tenants, due to end on Monday, is to be extended until for six weeks as England is under a new lockdown.
The government has also extended the notice period landlords must give from three to six months.
Mr Jenrick said: “At the start of this pandemic we made sure that the most vulnerable in society were protected. This winter, we are continuing in this vein and redoubling our efforts to help those most in need.”
Tenants can now only be evicted by court bailiffs due to antisocial behaviour, illegal occupation, fraud, perpetrators of domestic abuse in social housing or extreme rent arrears.
The ban has will be in force until at least February 21st.
