Renter activists block London eviction as end of Covid protections takes toll

Exclusive: bailiffs turned away in Abbey Wood as figures show rise in no-fault eviction notices in England

A standoff with bailiffs ended in victory for renter activists in south-east London on Wednesday when they blocked the latest in a rising number of evictions triggered by the unwinding of national measures to prevent homelessness during the pandemic.

Twenty members of the London Renters Union stood in the way of three county court-authorised bailiffs who arrived to evict George Smith, 28, and his partner Paul MacKinnon, 35, in Abbey Wood. MacKinnon was the household’s main breadwinner but lost his job at the start of the pandemic and the pair sank into £12,000 of arrears.

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