One of the aims is to prevent retaliatory evictions. This is where a landlord serves a possession notice on a tenant because they have made a complaint.
Preventing retaliatory evictions
We have adopted to same process a tenant has to follow for dealing with housing complaints. This ensures that tenants receive protection.
The use of a Section 21 notice may no longer be possible if a notice is served after an inspection. This can be either an improvement notice or emergency remedial action notice. This protection lasts for a period of up to 6 months from the date the notice was served.
Exemptions
Where there is proof that the conditions within the property have been caused by the tenant.
If the property is genuinely on the market for sale at the time the section 21 notice is served.
Format of the Section 21 Notice
There is now a prescribed form which the Section 21 notice must take.