Ask the lender to delay eviction

This advice is for tenants who do not have a right to stay when your landlord's property is repossessed.

The lender might call your tenancy 'unauthorised'. It does not mean your tenancy is not legal.

Ask the lender for more time

You can ask for a short delay before eviction.

The most you can ask for is 2 months.

You need to write to your landlord’s lender to ask them to delay the eviction.

Include a copy of your tenancy agreement.

This letter tells your landlord's lender the law.

Copy this into an email to your landlord's lender:

[Use the subject: Tenanted property - request to delay eviction]

I am a tenant at [your address].

My landlord is [landlord's name]. I attach a copy of my tenancy agreement.

I am due to be evicted on [date of eviction if you know it].

I have the right to request for eviction to be delayed for 2 months. This comes from the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants) Act 2010.

Please let me know in writing that:

This will give me time to find somewhere else to live.

Please respond by [insert date].

If you do not respond or refuse to delay the eviction, I will ask the court to suspend the warrant of possession for 2 months.

You can also send it as an email attachment or letter:

You can ask the court for more time if the landlord's lender ignores you or refuses to give you more time.

Last updated: 1 May 2026