Government guidance on renting and evictions

• The Government has updated its COVID-19 and renting: guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities

Contents

1. Section 1. Rent, mortgage payments and possession proceedings

2. Rent payments

3. Financial support available

4. Mortgage repayments

5. Shared owners

6. Protections for tenants under the Coronavirus Act 2020

7. Licences to occupy (including property guardians) and the Coronavirus Act

8. Ending tenancies early

9. Tenants leaving the property without providing proper notice

10. Resolving disputes and serving a notice of possession

11. Possession action in the county court

12. New court arrangements

13. Anti-social behaviour

14. Mediation

15. Illegal eviction

16. Section 2: Repairs, maintenance, health and safety and home moves

17. Summary of key points

18. Repairs and maintenance in homes

19. Repairs and maintenance when tenants are self-isolating

20. Clinically extremely vulnerable people and repairs and maintenance work

21. Gas and electrical safety inspections

22. Electrical and gas safety in privately rented properties

23. Reducing the risk of infection in shared accommodation, accommodation with shared facilities, and overcrowded accommodation

24. Households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

25. Shared facilities and common areas

26. Minimising the risk of infection in common areas or shared facilities of residential blocks with communal areas

27. Communal lounges in sheltered/retirement and extra-care schemes

28. Student accommodation

29. Overcrowded accommodation

30. House viewings

31. Home moves

• You can access specialised independent advice and information on Coronavirus and housing from Citizen’s Advice.

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Accommodation for EEA nationals

Although local authorities have been advised by government to move migrants ineligible for housing assistance out of COVID-19 temporary accommodation, some EEA nationals may now be eligible for further support in the form of 12 weeks emergency accommodation and assistance despite not qualifying for housing/homelessness assistance of welfare benefits.

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