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mo4ch:>No-fault evictions: 'Our lives are falling apart'

No-fault evictions: 'Our lives are falling apart'No-fault evictions: 'Our lives are falling apart'By Lora JonesBusiness reporter, BBC News 20 February 2020 Image copyrightBECKY PALMERImage captionBecky received a section 21 notice for her rental property of 12 years in February"It's a lovely place to live. We have so many friends on our road, but all of this is being wrenched away from us."Becky Palmer and her family have lived in a rental property in Weston-super-Mare for 12 years.But she recently received a section 21 notice in the post from her landlord, which gives tenants two months to move out."Our lives are falling apart. To add insult to injury, I had to pay for and collect the piece of paper from the post office that was chucking me out," Becky says.Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act allows landlords to evict tenants without a reason once their contract comes to an end, or give them notice of the "intention to evict" two months …