Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe ban on evictions in England was today extended to August after renters warned they faced "disaster". Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick tonight extended the measures to August 23, less than three weeks before they were due to expire. (Image: Getty Images)Chief executive Polly Neate said: “The government has reset the clock on the evictions ban, buying the families who were only weeks away from losing their homes, a vital stay of execution. The London Renters Union campaign group, which has urged struggling tenants to stage a rent strike, had warned Mr Jenrick had 20 days to stop "disaster". “We’re still heading for a chaotic rent debt and eviction crisis this summer unless the government cancels rent debt and makes the eviction ban permanent."

Source: Daily Mirror June 05, 2020 16:30 UTC