Since I have got nowhere with the council and keep getting passed from pillar to post and being referred back to the estate manager all the time wouldn't it be better if I went straight ahead to the government ombudsman, and if so, what would I put in a letter of complaint ?

Anyone care to reply ?

Thanks for your response,but I have aready made an official complaint to the council. I have lost count of the number of trips I have made to the council offices and the number of the "estate managers" that I have seen, who have come and gone, over the years, in an attempt to get to the bottom of this, that is why I am in the position I am in now, because they have failed in their duty as a landlord on numerous occasions

Oh,and plz don't advise me to go to the C.A.B, I have already been down that route and to numerous solicitors, all of whom have failed to see my point of view. The council know that as long as they stick to the "JOINT" tenancy theory they ARE safe! And I know that's a miscarriage of justice!

To cut a long story short, I slpit up with my ex and was offered a tenancy with the XXXXX council. However, before I had chance to take up residence at the property HE (ex) informed the XXXX council that he needed rehousing. What he actually did was give the council his name and they linked it with the address of the property that I was offered. They then provided him with a spare set of keys. The documentation that was received (addressed to myself and typewritten). But HIS name was later added... in ballpoint pen. The reason I mention this is because although there is only one signature on the original tenancy agreement, (mine!)they are insisting I have a "JOINT" tenancy along with him. They are refusing to let me see the original tenancy agreement and have done so on a number of occasions. They KNOW there is a debt outstanding. They KNOW that it came about as a result of invalid benefit claims HE had pending while at the property,for which they have taken ME to court as a "JOINT" tenant. They have failed to take responsibility for THEIR actions. In the meantime, I could not get him out BECAUSE of the wrangle over the "tenancy" They know that they have wrongfully obtained an eviction warrant. And they are "using" it to threaten ME with eviction They do NOT want to admit to this because it would mean they would have to admit to being in the wrong. Which I believe they are. They have even gone so far as to say that they will NOT remove his name from the tenancy Speaks for itself!