THE number of “no-fault” evictions has risen by a third in the last year despite Tory promises to end the practice, shocking new figures show.

The data, published by the Ministry of Justice today, shows that 30,230 evictions under Section 21 of the Housing Act were served by landlords last year, compared to 23,822 in 2022.

The number of households that saw their homes repossessed by county court bailiffs jumped by 49 per cent, to 9,457.

A total of 26,311 households have been removed from their homes by court bailiffs since the government first promised to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019.  

Section 21 evictions, which enable landlords to remove tenants with only a two-month notice period and without providing any justification, have been slammed by campaigners as fuelling increasing homelessness.

Shelter chief executive Polly Neate said it was “utterly shameful” that the government is “bowing to vested interests while renters are marched out of their homes in their thousands.”

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt confirmed today there are no plans for when the Renters (Reform) Bill will return for Report Stage. 

The Bill, which promises to outlaw Section 21 evictions, will not be debated again until March 4 at the earliest.

Generation Rent chief executive Ben Twomey said: “Renters have been waiting five years since the government promised to end these evictions, and yet today we find out the government is delaying their plans again.

“How can the government stand by while thousands of us are turfed from our homes?”

Renters’ Reform Coalition campaign manager Tom Darling said he was “very concerned” that the legislation won’t get passed before the election.

“If it doesn’t, it would be an outrageous betrayal of England’s 11 million private renters,” he said.