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Links to general guidance about the law on eviction in Wales and information about where to get help.

Basic overview about the steps that your council or housing association landlord must take if they want to evict you, what happens at the court hearing and afterwards.

Information explaining about the special legal procedures landlords have to follow in order to evict tenants. They sometimes need a particular legal reason to evict tenants but in many cases they don't. Whether your landlord can evict you and how depends on the type of tenancy you have. Includes a link to an easy to use interactive eviction checker. (Content applies to England only.)

Landlords can evict an assured shorthold tenant after giving two months' notice using a Section 21 notice and getting a court order. Most private rented tenants are assured shorthold tenants. Information about the three steps to eviction a landlord must take.

Explains what to do if the bailiffs are coming to evict you, what the bailiffs are allowed to do and how you may be able to stop them (Content applies to England only).

The court usually can't stop the eviction of a private tenant. Sometimes it can agree to delay the eviction. Information about when legal aid may be available in this situation and how to ask a court to stop or delay the bailiffs.

Information about what your landlord must do if they want you to leave. This will depend on the type of tenancy agreement you have.

Private tenants are usually entitled to written notice to leave their homes. Explains when a private landlord has the right to give you an eviction notice, what it must include and what you should do. (Content applies to England only.)

Find out the three steps your landlord has to follow to evict you from your private rented home.

Explains what happens if you are renting your home and your landlord applies for a court order to evict you. Includes what documents you get from the court if your landlord wants to evict you and how you can respond.

Links to information about what makes an eviction 'illegal', how you may be able to stop an illegal eviction or get back into your home after you've been illegally evicted and when you may be able to get help from your council. (Content applies to England only.)