Me and 150 of my neighbours are being EVICTED from 83-flat block just weeks before Christmas – our landlord has NO right
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A SHOCKED resident has slammed their landlord for evicting them and 150 of their neighbours from an 83-flat block just weeks before Christmas. Single mum Nicole Ka is one of the tenants residing at Vive Living in Deptford, south east London, and feels "lost" at the situation.
![[All 150 residents at Vive Living in Deptford have been served an eviction notice]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/landlord-no-right-958103040.jpg?strip=all&w=632)
She was one of 150 neighbours to receive a Section 21 eviction notice, meaning their landlord wants them to leave and does not need to provide a reason for eviction. Nicole told the BBC how the announcement has dampened their festivities and made it difficult to keep things "normal".
![[Vive Living in Deptford]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/landlord-no-right-958103115.jpg?strip=all&w=518)
The single mum is also worried for how to fill out school admission forms for her son, who's set to go to school next year, as she is unsure where she'll be living. All 83 flats in the building on Childers Street received their notices over December, with Freya Volk finding out she must leave by March 1 just hours after signing her contract.
The same day she signed paperwork and paid her deposit, her new flatmate was served an eviction notice. She described how it has always been difficult to find a place in her decade of living in London, but that it has "never been this hard.". Section 21 notices, sometimes called "no-fault" notices, can be challenged by tenants but this could mean they incur court costs in the proceedings.
Aitch Group, which owns the building, said tenants were asked to leave to facilitate refurbishments, and added nobody had been told to leave before Christmas. It added that the notice had been issued to tenants with a minimum of two months' notice, which it said was "in accordance with their tenancy agreements.".
