Tenants urgently need greater legal protection, warn campaigners

Fears that Covid eviction ban, though welcome, is allowing rent arrears in England and Wales to snowball

An extended ban on evictions will fail to prevent a damaging increase in homelessness without urgent emergency measures to protect renters, according to a coalition of church leaders, councils and charities.

Renters in England and Wales were given a reprieve last week when the ban, initially due to come to an end this weekend, was extended for a month. However, there are already warnings that the ban is masking a snowballing problem of rent arrears among those hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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