If you have missed paying your rent your landlord may threaten to evict you. Receiving a notice is the first stage in this process. The type of notice you receive will depend on the type of tenancy you have. If your landlord is a housing association or local authority, you should receive a notice called NPRP (this stands for “Notice of Proceedings for Recovery of Possession”). If you have a private tenancy, the notices are called a “Notice to Quit” and an AT6. By serving a valid notice upon you, your landlord becomes entitled to take you to court at the end of the notice period. You cannot be evicted just because a notice has been served upon you. Your landlord requires a court order to evict you.