Guidance updated to reflect new processes for landlords to reactivate a possession claim after 30 April. Guidance updated to reflect 12 May announcement on changes to notice periods and bailiff enforcement. Guidance updated to reflect changes to notice periods and bailiff enforcement in Wales. Guidance updated for the move to COVID-19 rules step 4 on 19 July Guidance updated to reflect the end of the fee waiver for applications to extend warrants of possession which expired due to the pandemic. Guidance updated to reflect changes to required notice periods in England and Wales, the end of the furlough scheme and changes to international travel rules. Guidance updated to reflect the end of the Rental Mediation Service pilot. Guidance updated to reflect changes to the court process for possession introduced by the judiciary relating to COVID-19 case marking, review appointments and priority cases. Information box added that England will move to Plan B in response to the risks of the Omicron variant. Guidance updated to reflect that 6 months’ notice period for private rented sector is extended in Wales from 31 December 2021 to 24 March 2022. Guidance updated to reflect 6 months’ notice period extended for social rented sector in Wales from 31 December 2021 to 24 March 2022. Guidance updated due to the removal of the legislative need to self-isolate.Ĭall-out box added on the lifting of Plan B measures. Guidance updated to reflect that notice periods in Wales have now returned to their pre-coronavirus lengths, and the removal of coronavirus arrangements relating to possession applications and county court bailiff enforcement. The social landlord guidance, which focussed on the additional COVID-19 arrangements, has been withdrawn. Guidance updated to remove references to arrangements which were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to make the pages England-only following the introduction of new housing law in Wales (The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016). These arrangements are no longer in place and this guidance has been withdrawn. This guidance described the additional arrangements in the county court possession process put in place temporarily following the coronavirus pandemic, to support parties and manage the flow of cases. Note: Understanding the possession action process: A guide for social landlords in England and Wales The guides also contain advice to help tenants and private landlords to resolve common disputes in tenancies, such as rent arrears and anti-social behaviour, without the matter needing to go to court. It provides detailed information about each stage of the possession action process, where the landlord makes a possession claim to the county court after serving a notice. The private and social tenant guidance is to help tenants who have been served with a possession notice, which is the landlord’s first step towards taking possession of the property. The private landlord guidance is to help private landlords to understand their rights and responsibilities when they need to take possession of their property through the county court by explaining how the possession action process works.
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