Solicitors report late flood of no-fault evictions before ban in England

Advice charity also helping thousands of tenants before Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on Friday

Solicitors say they have been inundated with requests to serve last-minute section 21 no-fault eviction notices before they are banned when the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force in England on Friday.

The legislation, which has been hailed as the biggest change to renting in a generation, bans no-fault evictions, limits rent increases and abolishes fixed-term tenancies.