Crisis urges the Westminster government to pass the Renters’ Rights Bill as quickly as possible when parliament returns from summer recess

​New figures released today (Thursday 14 August) show that 30,729 households in England have received a Section 21 or ‘no-fault’ eviction notice since last July.

The figures from the Ministry of Justice also show:

• 7,270 households in England were served with a Section 21 or a ‘no-fault’ eviction notice between April and June 2025. This is a 13% decrease on the same period last year.
• 2,679 households were evicted by bailiffs between April and June 2025. This means 11,402 households have been evicted by bailiffs since July last year.
• 43,310 households have been evicted by bailiffs since April 2019, when a ban on Section 21 was first announced by the former Westminster government in parliament.

The former Conservative government committed to ending Section 21 evictions in England in 2019 through the Renters Reform Bill but failed to progress this through parliament before 2024’s General Election. The new Labour government introduced the Renters’ Rights Bill shortly after, and it is still making its way through parliament.

As currently drafted, the Renters’ Rights Bill would ensure that Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions will be abolished shortly after the bill receives Royal Assent, notice periods will be extended to four months for most grounds, periodic tenancies will be established in full, and in-tenancy rent increases will be limited to ‘market rate’ and to a maximum of once a year.

Matt Downie, Chief Executive at Crisis, said:

“Despite good intentions from the Westminster Government, thousands of people are still being unjustly evicted from their homes and threatened with – or even forced into – homelessness.

“We know the UK government has had a packed agenda, but we now need ministers to rebuff efforts to weaken the Renters’ Rights Bill and get this new legislation onto the statute book as soon as possible when parliament returns. Unfreezing housing benefit in the autumn would also ensure that more people in England can afford a safe and stable home.”

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​Notes to Editor

The data from the UK’s Ministry of Justice are available here.

Q2 2019 used as the benchmark for when the ban on Section 21 evictions was first mentioned in Parliament in April 2019. We have looked at the totals from all quarters since then. These show that 131,158 people in England have received a Section 21 or ‘no-fault’ eviction notice since Q2 2019.

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