County court bailiffs have evicted soaring numbers of renters – a year after the Covid ban was axed. New figures from the Ministry of Justice show there were 4,900 landlord repossessions of rented homes in England and Wales in the three months to June. That is more than treble the number of evictions during the same period of 2021.
However, it is still 34% below the figures before the pandemic hit. But the number of evictions is set to rise still further – there were 18,201 possession claims made by landlords to the courts made between April and June – a 160% increase on the same period last year.
Some 7,728 warrants were issued by the courts to seize property belonging to people behind on their rent – double the number from the previous year – and 14,319 orders for possession (up 164%). Meanwhile, there were also 770 repossession orders made against homeowners who were behind in their mortgage payments made in the three months to June, up from just 45 during the same period in 2021.
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