If your landlord wants to end the tenancy they must serve you with a Notice to Leave.
During COVID the periods of notice that your landlord has to give you have been extended. These notice periods currently apply until 31 March 2021. This does not mean that you cannot be evicted, it just means that in most cases, your landlord needs to give you more notice. The length of notice they have to give along with the reasons are listed below.
- Ground 1 - landlord selling - 6 months
- Ground 2 - mortgage lender selling - 6 months
- Ground 3 - landlord intends to refurbish - 6 months
- Ground 4 - landlord moving in - 3 months
- Ground 5 - landlord's family member moving in - 3 months
- Ground 6 - change of use to non-residential purpose - 6 months
- Ground 7 - religious use - 6 months
- Ground 8 - tenant is no longer an employee - 6 months
- Ground 9 - tenant no longer needs supported accommodation - 6 months
- Ground 10 - tenant not occupying property - 28 days
- Ground 11 - breach of tenancy terms - 6 months
- Ground 12 - tenant has owed some rent for 3 months - 6 months
- Ground 13 - criminal behaviour - 28 days (for notices served between 7 April 2020 and 2 October 2020 the notice period is 3 months, for notices served after 2 October the notice period has been reduced to 28 days)
- Ground 14 - anti-social behaviour - 28 days (as above)
- Ground 15 - association with person with criminal conviction/engaged in anti-social behaviour - 28 days (as above)
- Ground 16 - landlord has been refused registration or had registration revoked - 3 months
- Ground 17 - landlord's HMO licence has been revoked - 3 months
- Ground 18 - overcrowding statutory notice has been served on the landlord - 6 months
View an example of a Notice to Leave (PDF, 132 KB).
Last modified on 01 February 2021
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