Have your say on government e-petitions

Abolish Section 21 'no-fault' evictions with immediate effect

Submitted by Aasam Mukhtar Chaudhry on Wednesday 4th June 2025

Published on Tuesday 24th June 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 24th December 2025

Signatures: 51

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Abolished ~ Abolishing ~ delayed ~ Fairs ~ Housing ~ Landlords ~ Millions ~ month ~ Parliament ~ Pledges ~ Reform ~ Renters ~ Renters Reform Bill ~ section ~ SPEED ~ system ~ Unfair ~ view ~ Viewing ~ vulnerability

Petition Action

Abolish Section 21 'no-fault' evictions with immediate effect

Petition Details

We believe that despite repeated Government pledges to abolish Section 21, delays have left millions of tenants vulnerable. Landlords can give a Section 21 notice to evict tenants with just two months’ notice. We think it can often be in retaliation for requesting repairs or asserting legal rights.

Additional Information

We call on the Government to speed up the passage of legislation and abolish Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 now. It allows landlords to evict tenants without any fault from the tenant. We think this practice is outdated, unjust, incompatible with a fair housing system, and that it causes housing insecurity, unfair displacement, and retaliatory evictions. In our view, the Renters Reform Bill has been delayed for too long and Parliament must take immediate action to protect renters by terminating Section 21 now.


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

216.73.216.219 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:20:41 +0100