Recommendation 4

We recommend that the Government: • increase from six months to one year the period at the start of a tenancy during which the landlord may not use either ground; • increase the notice period from two months to four months, to give tenants time to save up for moving costs and find alternative accommodation; 58 Reforming the Private Rented Sector • increase from three months to six months the period following the use of either the sales ground or the occupation ground during which the landlord may not market or relet the property; and • in the case of the sales ground, encourage landlords to sell with sitting tenants—for example, by requiring the property to be advertised for sale with sitting tenants for six months before an eviction notice can be served.