{"id":5847,"date":"2020-06-11T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sloane.co.uk\/finance\/tenants-back-to-facing-eviction-for-non-payment-of-rent-as-shops-reopen\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:28:21","slug":"tenants-back-to-facing-eviction-for-non-payment-of-rent-as-shops-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sloane.co.uk\/finance\/outlook-finance\/tenants-back-to-facing-eviction-for-non-payment-of-rent-as-shops-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenants back to facing eviction for non-payment of rent as shops reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATED:<\/strong> The Government appears unlikely to extend tenant protection from commercial landlords who want to evict them for non-payment of rent because of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

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The business department had given shops, pubs and restaurants three months of protection<\/a> from eviction for non-payment of rent during the coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n

But a draft code of practice seen by the Financial Times<\/a> on how landlords should treat commercial tenants as small businesses emerge from lockdown makes no mention of extending the eviction grace period.<\/p>\n

>See also: 4 ways small shops can reinvent themselves post coronavirus<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many businesses had assumed the current eviction suspension would be extended past June 24, the next rent quarter day.<\/p>\n

If so, many businesses could find themselves forced out of commercial premises for non-payment of rent due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Instead, the code, which is voluntary, states:<\/p>\n