Understanding the possession action process: guidance for landlords and tenants
- From:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Published
- 17 September 2020
- Last updated
- 1 August 2023 — See all updates
Applies to England
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The private landlord guidance is to help private landlords to understand their rights and responsibilities when they need to take possession of their property through the county court by explaining how the possession action process works.
The private and social tenant guidance is to help tenants who have been served with a possession notice, which is the landlord’s first step towards taking possession of the property. It provides detailed information about each stage of the possession action process, where the landlord makes a possession claim to the county court after serving a notice.
The guides also contain advice to help tenants and private landlords to resolve common disputes in tenancies, such as rent arrears and anti-social behaviour, without the matter needing to go to court.
Note: Understanding the possession action process: A guide for social landlords in England and Wales
This guidance described the additional arrangements in the county court possession process put in place temporarily following the coronavirus pandemic, to support parties and manage the flow of cases. These arrangements are no longer in place and this guidance has been withdrawn
