IRRV Alert - week ending 11th September 2020
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Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020: letter to local authorities (7 September 2020)
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Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020: letter to local authorities
This letter notifies local authorities of the extension of emergency measures regarding notice periods which came into force 29 August 2020.
Published 7 September 2020
From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Applies to:
England
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Letter to local authorities: extension of emergency measures requiring residential landlords to provide extended notice periods
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The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 was laid on 28 August 2020 and came into force on 29 August 2020
The regulations amend Schedule 29 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 to require residential landlords to give tenants 6 months’ notice of their intention to seek possession, except in the most serious cases. These regulations will only apply in England.
The department wrote to chief executives of local authorities, chief housing officers and chief officers of children’s services in England about the amending regulations on 7 September 2020.
Published 7 September 2020