Tenants are ‘recession victims’
Campaigners are urging the government to help protect thousands of private tenants facing eviction as landlords increasingly fall into mortgage arrears.
The Citizens Advice Bureau, Shelter, Crisis and the Chartered Institute of Housing have joined forces to highlight what they say is a growing problem.
They want new laws in England and Wales to give tenants more notice when their home is repossessed by mortgage firms.
Currently only two weeks’ notice is required, leaving many homeless.
The government has so far said it will increase it to seven weeks, from 6 April.
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