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Analysis shows £1.2bn annual upfront cost of renters’ forced evictions
- 830,000 renters in the last year faced £1 billion in upfront costs when forced to move out of their homes.
- A survey by Shelter found that tenants pay an average of £669 each time they are compelled to move, with 40% moving due to landlord pressure.
- Renters collectively spend £550 million annually on moving expenses, including multiple rent payments and furniture purchases, as estimated by Shelter.
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Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year
There were 83,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been forced to relocateUnwanted home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year, with tenants coughing up an average of £669 every time they are forced by landlords to leave their home, a survey has revealed.Analysis by the homelessness charity Shelter estimated that there had been 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40%…
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Section 21s: Almost one million renters given no-fault evictions since Tories promised to scrap them
Charity Shelter warns further delays to abolishing Section 21 orders - which the government first promised to scrap five years ago - will see even more people "tipped into homelessness".
·United Kingdom
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