A new study reveals that over 1.2 million (11%) renters have received a Section 21 eviction.

The findings also reveal that over three-quarters (76%) of renters believe that the Renters Rights Bill will improve the experience of private renting. However, more than one in seven (15%) admitt that they were not at all aware of the Act.

Nearly a quarter (24%) of renters expect to stay in rented accommodation forever and – perhaps surprisingly – half (50%) of renters already have a pet. 

Indeed, over two-fifths (45%) of renters admit that their landlord had allowed them to have a pet, whilst almost 5% have one despite their landlord refusing.

The study has been conducted by Co-Op Insurance.

More than two-fifths (44%) admit that they don’t have any form of insurance for their rented home, with a fifth (20%) unaware that they needed it. This is despite one in eight (12%) valuing the total worth of their contents at £9,000 or more and the average total content valuation being over £4,500.