EVERY day 172 families receive a “no-fault” eviction ordering them out of their homes, campaigners have warned.

More than 188,000 private tenants with children have received a section 21 notice in the past three years — equivalent to one every eight minutes, according to research by Shelter.

Activists for the homeless charity accused the government of “failing renters” as they covered Parliament Square with 172 moving boxes to represent the figures from a YouGov survey.

Nearly a fifth of the private renters polled have had to move three or more times in the past five years, “laying bare just how insecure private renting currently is,” added Shelter.

The Conservatives promised to abolish section 21 notices, which are known as “no-fault” evictions as the landlord does not need to provide a reason to evict the tenant, in their 2019 general election manifesto.

The Renters (Reform) Bill promising to do so was introduced in Parliament in May, but no date has been set for its second reading.

Shelter chief executive Polly Neate said: “The government is failing renters by stalling on the Renters (Reform) Bill.

“For each day that MPs are off on their six-week summer break, another 172 families will be hit with a no-fault eviction notice, giving them just two months to pack up and leave their home.

“It is unacceptable that the Renters (Reform) Bill has made no progress in Parliament, when the very eviction notices the government promised to ban years ago are continuing to land on people’s doorsteps in their droves.”

Generation Rent chief executive Ben Twomey added: “Recent soaring rises in rents on new tenancies mean that many families will no longer be able to afford to rent near their children’s schools if they are evicted.

“Delays in Parliament are leading to despair across the country.”

The protest was staged in partnership with the Co-operative Bank, whose chief executive Nick Slape said: “Fighting poverty and inequality across the UK is extremely important to our customers and that’s why we’re campaigning on this issue alongside Shelter.”

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said:  “We are abolishing section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, giving tenants greater security in their homes and making it easier for landlords to get rid of anti-social tenants.

“We are committed to creating a private rented sector that is fit for the 21st century and works for responsible landlords, while strengthening protections for renters.”