Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 64603

Social Rented Housing: Evictions

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the level of risk of eviction of social housing tenants who remain in a property after a joint tenant has served notice to quit (a) in cases invol

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Joint periodic tenancies can be ended unilaterally by one of the joint tenants.Once one of the joint tenants terminates a joint tenancy, then as a matter of law it ceases to exist and the landlord has a right of possession, though that may be challenged i...

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