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Government's last minute U-turn on evictions ban gives renters ‘a few more weeks to pack their bags’
Renters, charities and Labour urged No10 to use the extra time to come up with long-term solutions to the housing crisis
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick leaves 10 Downing Street, in March
THE government made another last-minute U-turn today, extending its temporary ban on evictions for four more weeks – just two days before it was due to expire.
Opposition parties and other organisations had warned ministers that many thousands more households were likely to be evicted, and even made homeless, after falling into rent arrears due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
During the lockdown, about 58,000 households were forced out of their homes and some 174,000 were warned by their landlord that they are facing eviction, according to Shelter.
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