‘It’s our house, but it’s their home’: tenants and landlords discuss renters’ rights bill

‘It’s our house, but it’s their home’: tenants and landlords discuss renters’ rights bill

As legislation returns to the Commons, hopes rise of an end to no-fault evictions in England, but some fear loopholes

When Nicola Jalland, 62, was served with a section 21 no-fault eviction in March 2022 – which means a landlord can oust a tenant for no reason – she was upset to leave the property she had lived in for 11 years. She had made the home a sanctuary, with a garden full of flowers.

But when Jalland got her second no-fault eviction in two years in November 2023, she was angry. “It was an incredible feeling of imbalance of power,” she says. “The second time it happened, I literally felt worthless.”

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