Residential evictions In March 2020, the Government introduced emergency legislation to prevent landlords from starting eviction proceedings against tenants, initially for a period of three months. On 5th June, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced a two-month extension to the Government’s restriction on evicting renters amid…
The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) came into effect on 4 May 2021. While the Regulations will provide residential tenants with additional procedural protection regarding rent arrears, they will be an…
The Government has announced today, 16th June 2021, that it will be extending the moratorium on the forfeiture of a commercial lease and CRAR (commercial rent arrears recovery) until 25th March 2022. Their main objective in doing so is to protect jobs, by allowing businesses…