On the 1st July the government categorically stated that the ban on tenants being evicted by landlords will not be extended past August 23rd.

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In June tenants throughout England and Wales were given more protection from the government after it extended the ban on new evictions until August 23rd, bringing the suspension of evictions to a total of five months.

The government’s intention was to make sure that renters were protected and made to feel secure during the Coronavirus pandemic. However as new measures on reducing restrictions are regularly introduced by the government, it now means that the market should be able to carry on in some form of normalcy as landlords will be allowed to approach courts for repossession orders.

Lord Greenhalgh, a junior minister at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, replying to questions confirmed that from 24th August “the courts will begin to process possession cases again”.

Many landlords have helped vulnerable tenants since the start of the pandemic by offering them security during the extremely chaotic times; however the vast majority of landlords will be relieved of hearing the announcement that the ban on evictions will be ended next month.

The tenant eviction ban has certainly helped tenants who are finding it difficult to make ends meet, but it has meant that landlords were unable to take any action against tenants committing domestic abuse, criminal and anti social behaviour.

A spokesperson for a trade body, said: “Extending the evictions ban is not without victims. It leaves landlords powerless to tackle the kind of behaviour that causes untold suffering and hardship for many communities and tenants alike.”

He added: “These cases must be given top priority by the courts and their processes enhanced to avoid further delay once they start to deal with possession cases.”

Richard Merrick of PIMS, said: “With the massive backlog of cases the courts will undoubtedly be overrun.

“To be honest any new repossession requests that are submitted from August 24th may take up to a year for an eviction to be carried out.”