Evictions by Social Landlord: Statistics Update 2018/19

Main findings:

There is a continued increase in social sector evictions – while only 1.5 % increase in past year, from 2013/14 there has been a 46.5% increase.

The numbers of notices of proceeding issued has continuously increased over the last 5 years by 22%. This suggests that social landlords are still using eviction as a threat when attempting to tackle problems in the tenancy.

The majority of evictions in 2018/19 involved LA tenants (59%). LAs are largely responsible for the increase in evictions since 2013/14, with an increase of 72.6%. This can be compared to an increase of 20.5% for RSLs in the same time period.

93% of evictions by social landlords in 2018/19 were carried out because the rent had not been paid, and 6% of evictions were carried out for anti-social behaviour.