‘A ban on no-fault evictions began on 1 May – we were told to leave two days before it came in’

Reeves and her husband, whose children are aged between two and 14, have also found a lack of supply when they tried to search for a new home.

They must leave their flat by July, when their notice period ends.

She said: “It’s not something anyone wants to be faced with, especially when you are only given two months’ notice to uproot your whole entire life.

“The market is just horrendous. There is nothing available at all and rents are astronomical at the moment.

“I don’t know what we are going to do. I don’t know where we are going to go.”

She said the family were on the waiting list for accommodation in a homeless shelter.

Profits from the property trust that owns their three-bedroom apartment go to support the work of Holy Trinity Church in Ripon.

This falls under the Church of England’s Diocese of Leeds, which said in a statement that the property trust is an independent organisation and not run by church officers.

Reeves said she did not know why her family was being evicted, but they had raised various issues with the maintenance of the Victorian property, including repeatedly asking for windows to be repaired.

Some of the windows in their have been replaced, but others are still in a poor condition.

She said there had been leaks in the children’s bedrooms but they had been repaired after some time.

The Property Ombudsman had also found in the family’s favour over an issue with the letting agency in May 2025.

Robert Thew, chair of the church trust which owns the apartment block, said: “Decisions about individual tenancies are taken by the Holy Trinity Properties Trust acting on the advice of our letting agents Linley and Simpson.”

Linley and Simpson said it did not comment on individual tenancies.

A statement said: “As the managing letting agent, our role is to act on behalf of our landlord clients and, upon instruction, ensure legal notices are served in line with the relevant requirements.”