Call to abolish Section 21

The Chair of the Housing Committee, Sian Berry AM, wrote to Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to express ongoing concern about no-fault evictions of tenants in the private rented sector.

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, enacted through the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020, was rescinded on 31 May 2021.

Tenants are again facing the possibility of enforced evictions on grounds of Section 21 – the clause of the Housing Act 1988 that allows private landlords to evict tenants without reason.