[Dave20046]

Feckin hell Gary that's ****e. Any dialogue to be had with the landlord, insight? Opportunity to buy it if selling it (understand that's likely not an option)?

Doesn't sound likely but if you can find your agreement (or put the onus on them) and the below applies it might give you some breathing space.

Tenants who moved in between 15 January 1989 and 27 February 1997 may also have greater rights, if the landlord or agent did not set the tenancy up properly at the start. So if instead of being created as assured shorthold tenancies the tenancy was created as an assured tenancy, where landlords cannot use section 21, again, they are harder to evict.