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ITV Tonight show to probe evictions by private landlords tomorrow at 8.30pm

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Leading evictions expert Paul Shamplina is to feature on tomorrow evening’s ITV Tonight programme whose reporter Daniel Hewitt has spent weeks looking into the post-pandemic rise in evictions.

Hewitt was recently lauded for his six-month investigation into terrible housing conditions within the social sector aired last September including, in particular, a now-infamous block in Croydon where tenants lived among flooded floors and mould.

Hewitt’s new programme will investigate how, with millions in the UK renting privately from a landlord but with Covid bans on evictions at an end, there are warnings that a ‘new wave of evictions could be imminent.

The programme will also look at claims made by housing campaigners that ‘thousands are living with the threat of losing their homes’.

The ITV political reporter and his film crew visited the offices of Landlord Action recently (pictured, below) to interview the company’s founder Paul Shamplina to get his views on subjects such as banning Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.

Paul Shamplina also provides an exclusive insight into evictions and arrears by showing viewers the real-life eviction process as well as exposing the different elements that are causing the volume of possession claims to increase.

“Possession claims for 2021 stood at approximately 40,000, but with current challenges such as the rise in the cost of living, increased rents, shortage of stock and changes to the housing benefit system, I predict this figure will at least double and we will see 80,000 plus claims issued for 2022,” says Shamplina.

“Social housing providers are also starting to issues claims again after two years holding off evicting tenants, so numbers are going to be pushed right up.

“The Tonight programme really portrays the level of claims we’re seeing right now, provides the reality of how both landlords and tenants alike are struggling and looks at what the government can do to help with this tougher economy in 2022 and beyond.”

Losing Your Home – The True Cost is on at 8.30pm on ITV tomorrow, 17^th March. It can be watched on catchup afterwards.

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