The Housing Act 1988 introduced assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions. Section 2 removes the assured shorthold tenancy regime and mechanisms to demote social housing tenants to assured shorthold tenancies as well as section 21 itself, as in future all tenancies will be assured. Removing assured shorthold tenancies will require a very large number of consequential provisions, which are either made elsewhere in the Act or will be made using relevant powers.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 1: Assured Tenancies Section 2: Abolition of assured shorthold tenancies Background