Over 7,040 households were threatened with homelessness after being issued a Section 21 eviction notice between April and June.
This is the highest quarterly figure since 2018, while it represents a 2.6% increase from the same quarter last year.
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government released the Statutory Homelessness Statistics for April to June 2024.
Ben Twomey, chief executive of Generation Rent, said: “Government plans to end Section 21 through the Renters Rights Bill are welcome and will stop thousands of people being made to experience homelessness because their landlord feels like getting a new tenant in.
“But renters will still face insecurity if selling up is to become a valid ground for eviction. And there are also very few measures in the Bill to prevent landlords using rent hikes as evictions in all but name.
“Putting a limit on rent rises will help prevent this. Meanwhile, we need more time in our homes without fear of eviction for reasons beyond our control, and, when this does happen, financial support with the costs of moving.”
Overall, 21,000 households were threatened with homelessness due to the ending of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, meaning nearly a quarter of all households threatened with homelessness came from the private rented sector.
Of these, 8,590 (41%) were because the landlord wanted to sell the property and 3,580 (17%) were because the landlord wanted to re-let the property.
