Up to half a million people could be made homeless without the eviction ban across the U.K.
of eviction and homelessness, according to charities and councils, the government may have extended the ban on evictions but given there is already a backlog of 40,000 cases that could take a year for county courts to deal with, how long could the current situation go on for?
Neither Susan nor her husband has visited the property since February after police warned them that for their own safety, it was better if their son collected the rent. The group currently has 550 eviction cases stuck in the courts system dating from before the COVID-19 pandemic which are yet to be ruled on. That extends to a backlog of 40,000 total cases in England, the BBC has reported, as the courts were paused throughout the lockdown.
It also estimated that a quarter of a million renters had fallen behind on their rent within that same time period. Shamplina believes that the underlying cause of homelessness for those from vulnerable groups is the lack of social housing. "They rely on the rent as an income and to pay their mortgage, the government... encouraged landlords to go and ask their mortgage companies if they can get a deferment.
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