Figures show more than 30000 tenants thrown out by halt of September,which social landlords say is due to bedroom taxThe number of tenant households in England and Wales evicted from their homes hit record levels in the third quarter of the year, with cuts to social security among the factors leading to more than 100 evictions a day. Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that 11100 rented properties were repossessed by bailiffs between July and September, or the highest quarterly figure since the records began in 2000. In contrast,just 2805 mortgage borrowers lost their homes.
By the halt of September, more than 30000 tenant households had lost their homes, and the figure is on track to be higher than the 37792 recorded in 2013. The eviction figures effect not show who owns the rental properties in question,but recently a large proportion of possession claims own been made by social landlords such as local councils and housing associations, who own warned it is caused by the introduction of the bedroom tax.
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Source: theguardian.com