The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts in England and Wales has been updated.

This brings the guidance into line with broader government lockdown relaxation policies following the move to ‘Step 4’ of the roadmap on Monday of this week. 

The information coincides with Propertymark’s best practice guidance, and the key government changes concern ventilation and carrying out repairs and maintenance work, clinically extremely vulnerable people and repairs and maintenance work, and reducing the risk of infection in shared accommodation, accommodation with shared facilities, and overcrowded accommodation.

Key dates to remember are that from August 1 2021, the notice period for cases where there are less than four months of unpaid rent, will further reduce to two months’ notice, and that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - aka the furlough scheme - is in place until the end of September 2021, with employees continuing to receive 80 per cent of wages for hours not worked.

The revised guidance can seen here. 

Source; Estate Agents Today