how short they are. people are losing their homes in a matter of minutes. that s because the law is really clear. if you owe at least two months of rent arrears, then the landlord will almost certainly get a possession order. 0nejudge told the bbc, however, that some tenants have taken advantage of the evictions ban and had simply refused to pay the rent. well, i had to wait six months. landlord michelle dighton is owed a fortune by tenants she can t get rid of due to the eviction ban and court delays. i was still having to pay my mortgages, look after the kids. and it s just really frustrating that no one wants to give me an update on when i should get my own property back. ministers in westminster say they took unprecedented action to keep people in their homes, and with the economy reopening, it was now time to deliver a fair rental market. what this investigation highlights, however, is that both landlords and tenants feel the system is not fair. michael buchanan, bbc news.
have any figures on the number of people who you think are in this precarious position who may potentially be affected? so precarious position who may potentially be affected? so when we did our last piece potentially be affected? so when we did our last piece of potentially be affected? so when we did our last piece of research - potentially be affected? so when we did our last piece of research which l did our last piece of research which was at the point an eviction ban was coming to an end there are around 40,000 people who were at immediate risk of eviction, so those people who have rent arrears. and are likely to be in a situation where if it did go to court the judge would have to find or is highly likely to have to find or is highly likely to have to find or is highly likely to have to assert that possession order. but there were nearlyi million more renters who were feeling really precarious at that point. you know, they might not have had arrears at that level, but they w
you know, paying the bills, gas and electricity. and, bit by bit, the moneyjust decreased and decreased to the point where i did just end up in arrears. there was no way around it. since the ban on evictions was lifted, landlords have been rushing to county courts seeking permission for bailiffs to evict their tenants. of the 270 possession orders analysed by the bureau of investigativejournalism, a third of them, 88 cases, explicitly cited covid as the reason why rent arrears had arisen. what strikes you about sitting in the hearings is exactly how short they are. people are losing their homes in a matter of minutes and that is because the law is really clear. if you are in at least two months rent arrears, then the landlord will almost certainly get a possession order. onejudge told the bbc, however, that some tenants had taken advantage of the evictions ban and had simply refused to pay the rent. i had to wait six months.
certainly get a possession order. onejudge told the bbc, however, that some tenants had taken advantage of the evictions ban and had simply refused to pay the rent. i had to wait six months. landlord michelle deighton is owed a fortune by tenants she can t get rid of due to the eviction ban and court delays. i m still having to pay my mortgages, look after the kids, and it sjust really frustrating that no one wants to give me an update on when i should get my own property back. ministers in westminster say they took unprecedented action to keep people in their homes, but, with the economy reopening, it is now time to deliver a fair rental market. what this investigation highlights, however, is that both landlords and tenants feel the system is not fair. michael buchanan, bbc news. let s speak now to darren baxter, who s the housing policy and partnerships manager at thejoseph rowntree foundation. welcome, thank you very much for
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