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In England and Wales, a Section 8 notice, [1] also known as a Section 8 notice to quit or Form 3, is a notice required to be given in England and Wales by the landlord to the tenant of an assured tenancy or assured shorthold tenancy who wishes to obtain a possession order from the court, thereby ending the tenancy, for a reason based on a circumstance entitling the landlord to possession under ...
Succession rights concern the ability of tenants to pass on a tenancy when they die. Succession rights in the United Kingdom is an area of housing law concerning the ability to pass on their tenancy when they die something known as a succession. [1]
In England and Wales, a section 21 notice, also known as a section 21 notice of possession or a section 21 eviction, is a notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, [1] that a landlord must give to their tenant to begin the process to take possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy without providing a reason for wishing to take possession.
Eviction normally takes the form of a lawsuit, requiring an initial notice to a tenant, followed by court proceedings in which the tenant may contest the eviction and potentially file a counter-claim.At the conclusion of the eviction process, if the landlord prevails, the court will issue an order that the property be restored to the possession ...
Erik Henningsen's painting Eviction held by the National Gallery of Denmark.1892 RIC and Hussars at an eviction-Ireland 1888 Two men with children, being evicted, stand with their possessions on the sidewalk, circa 1910, on the Lower East Side of New York City. Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord.
The reason for the introduction of the Act was not as might be assumed to help the existing private residential landlords who were in 1985 obliged by law to have regulated tenancies; their regulated tenancies gave all tenants a tenancy for life that they could pass onto other occupants in the home when they died, rents were set typically 50% of market value, they could not be re-mortgaged ...
The act aims to protect tenants from being ejected from their homes by landlords unless a court order exists. Lodgers however can be evicted without a court order. Section 3 states that no tenant can be forcibly evicted without a court order. The purpose of this section was to prevent aggressive landlords from becoming violent.
A sitting tenant is a tenant already in occupation of premises, especially when there is a change of owner. Sitting tenants can result from a decision not to evict an assured shorthold tenant following a change of owner or where there is a protected tenancy. Where a landlord sells a property but decides not to evict a tenant the new landlord is ...