Letting agent defends sending out pre-emptive eviction notice letters

The letting agent that sent pre-emptive eviction notices out to all its tenants has defended his actions and said that “we had no other choice, my business could go bust” and that his business is between a “rock and hard place”. Guy Piggott, who runs GAP Properties in Grimsby and is also Chairman of the Humber Landlords Association, has sent out the notices to his tenants informing them that ahead of the roll out of Universal Credit in the area on December 13th, he has no choice but to serve them with a two-month eviction notice and that if they fall behind on their rent they will be asked to leave the property. Guy’s actions prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to ask a question at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday, to which Theresa May said she would look at the letter. GAP properties, which has been run by several members of the Piggott family since 2001, has sent the letter out to “hundreds” of tenants many of whom, says Guy, have “no idea what Universal Credit is or how it works”. Eviction notice letter The letter says GAP Property “cannot sustain arrears at the potential levels Universal Credit could create”…

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