Legal and illegal eviction

Your landlord can take back their property without giving any reason. However, they must:

• Protect your deposit in a deposit protection scheme
• Provide you with a copy of the Prescribed Information
• Give you at least two months' written notice via a fully completed Form 6a
• Make sure the leaving date they set is at least six months after your original tenancy began
• Hold all the correct licences if you are in a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)
• Evict you after your fixed term expires or make sure you have a periodic (month-to-month) tenancy