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Becky received a section 21 notice for your rental property of 12 years in February,

"It's a beautiful place To Live . We have so many friends in our street, but all of this is ripped away from us. "

Becky Palmer and her family lived in a rental property in Weston-super-Mare for 12 years.

to move, But she recently received a section 21 notice in the mail from your landlord, gives the tenant two months.

"Our lives will fall apart. To add insult to injury, I had to pay for and collect the slips of paper from the Post Office That was clamping me," said Becky.

section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. landlords to evict tenants without reason, as soon as your contract comes to an end, or give them to distribute the notification of the "intent" two months before it ends They are often used by homeowners who want to sell their properties.

Becky had the suspicion That the case: "Our landlord was very quiet, he mostly left us alone. But he asked me to forward a copy of our rental agreement, a property company in December. I began to wonder what he needed it for. "

Becky received this section 21 notice by their landlord in February

not To aggravate the fear, her husband Karl, he was diagnosed with a brain Tumor in the Christmas season. In February, he is to pull through an operation to - at the same time, The Family is on the search for a new home.

"It really knocked us for six," said Becky. "I had a beautiful little Work , but due to the amount of stress I have to abandon it. We have lost two full-time wages. "

she is now concerned That The Family made homeless. "The Council has recommended That we sit on the note and wait for it to be distributed. But I do not think That a court decision against our name - we have to rent for the rest of our lives. "

North Somerset Council told the Bbc News comment on individual cases.

While section 21 of the contracts are also used when the tenant has built up rent arrears, Becky says she pays the rent for The Family home On Time every month.

'In your landlords hands'

Becky is an additional hurdle. She was bankrupt in 2016, after its folded to the Small Business . Your credit rating took a hit, and her husband also received a court order for unpaid debts.

As a result, she says, a different private landlords, has asked you to provide five months ' rent in advance. It is a sum of money, not family.

"It made me realize you really are in your landlords hands. It is one of the dangers about the rent," said Becky.

As section 21 Work ?

the beginning of the eviction process in England and Wales.

you can only be issued for assured shorthold tenancy agreements must be in writing. The tenant must leave at least two months in advance, a property. They are also obliged to pay your rent until The Day the tenancy ends.

A section 21 notice may not be valid in some cases, such as when a tenant was not protected the Deposit or if the notice has the wrong name.

Most of the section 21 notices do not appear in the official statistics. This is because most tenants leave your property soon after you receive your clearance letter and does not mount a legal challenge.

But where you are challenged, some figures are available. They show That the application of section 21 increased, since the year 2000.

In the year 2019, about 8,104 redemptions were carried out by the county courts in England with the "accelerated procedure" (without a trial). A repurchase is effected, to remove it when the bailiffs given permission to a tenant from a property back to a landlord.

While the official figures for the full picture to show you That there is an increase above the long-term, although the numbers are down, recently not give.

the section 21 of the notes to be issued under several circumstances, could also, if a landlord wants to increase the rent, sell the property, or forcibly evict a tenant due to anti-social behaviour or rent arrears to build up.

How to change The Rules ?

The government plans to ban no-fault evictions in England and Wales. New rules. require to give the landlord, introduced in Scotland a reason for the termination of tenancies in the year 2017 There are no plans to evictions in Northern Ireland at the end of no-fault, where a fixed-term tenancy has come to an end.

to revoke section 21, in England and Wales. Its President, Simon Davis, described it as "one of the leading causes of family homelessness in the UK".

Research That does not propose That section 21 is the cause of homelessness. It says to play for the Hartz IV-reforms, such as the introduction of Universal credit, have a larger role.

For Becky, she says she wished she had more notice, describe your family the eviction as a "total break".

"people need to be organized a minimum of six months to get your life. I just hope That the new rules the lives of the people easier. "

housing, housing market, ministry of justice

Source of news: bbc.com