Tenant Services Authority

[caro]

This promises to shake up Housing Associations, and improve services for their tenants.

 

Time will tell......

 

Tenant Services Authority - Housing - Communities and Local Government

[Floppo]

Is the TSA available to everyone? To Private Shorthold Tenancies? Or just for tenants in housing association properties?

We need some independant advice and support - and we signed before the Tenancy Deposit Scheme date so we are in the grip of our landlord.

Thanks for your help.

[caro]

Just checked it out and there is information for private tenants. Private rented housing - Housing - Communities and Local Government

 

I suggest that you contact them and see if they can help. Would be useful to know how useful the information might be, so please let us know how you get on - if they help or not.

 

There's info on the TDS too. Tenancy Deposit Protection - Housing - Communities and Local Government

[incrediblesulk]

Yeh yeh more rules set up by lazy Councils who will never back them up or make it easy for a Tenant to get sthg done. They just got to be seen to be doing something for us scumbags who rent from scabby Landlords who pocket the cash and put nothing back into the dumps we live in.

 

Why do the Counicl do this? To make it look like they give a fk when all theyre interested in is building Second Homes for snobs that dont have any history in our cities, just money and their nose up their asses.

[Floppo]

Thanks Caro,

I've checked out the weblink - thanks for that. At first glance, it doesn't really give any indication that we can call on th TSA for help with getting our deposit back. It seems our landlord has a history of taking deposits for all sorts of things- cleaning, redecorating, gardening, admin costs for sorting out these things(?) and it's then left to the tenant to try and get it back. I am now talking with the previous tenants and it happened to them too, but they gave up and lost their deposit.

I'm determined to get ours back - we were great tenants and the landlord benefited from our tenanacy. We improved the house and left it immaculate.

It seems a real uphill struggle though, as we were pre April 2006 and we have to take him to court and he lives in NZ!

Ho hum.....

[MrShed]

Guys - the TSA is a regulatory body for RSLs (Registered Social Landlords, AKA housing associations) only.

[Fuzzgin]

Does this apply to Scotland? I can only see English local authorities listed. If not is there a Scottish equivalent? Been looking online and can find nothing.

[mashmallow]

Floppo,

 

This so called TDS is all b------t, the government set ups a scheme to protect us tenants like pigs are flyine over my head now. In 2009 my son was evicted for rent arrears, he did not want to live in his flat. There was untold probelms with heating , plumbing and garden fences. I was guarantor for the rent. Anyway went to court and agreed he would move out and pay the rent arrears off as he is unemployed. To date I have been to court to fight for the deposit paid as there was no answers from letting agents, solicitors and land lord to what the deposit was taken from. There was no corresspondence from the TDA or anyone to what has happended to my deposit. 1 year later I am told by letting agents the despoit was given to the LL for rent arrears, no such notification or corresspondence to me about this. Next thing the case was passed on to Baliifs who come to seize my goods and added another £1000 + to the debt. Today they have ageed I can have my deposit back after 1 year 6 months on and sent me a bill for repairs, a piece of A4 paper with some stupid name and mobile tel number stating what the LL had to repair. (B------t) so such way. The builder he employed was his relative who was jack of all trades master of none total cowboy builder. This was only because the Distric Judge told the LL's solicitor he would have to provide proper invoices and reports of what he was claiming for. He then stated that we should try and resolve matters before a next hearing otherwise it would occur more expense. This also I am being threated for by the LL's solicitors.

 

I sent a cheque for the rent arrears before it goes back to court on the 29th of April, the LL's solicitors passed it on to the balifs to deal with. I have since cancelled the payment and will go back to court and fight for dear life.

 

There is no such thing as a TDS in my books they are just as useful as a jack the hatter. I have been robbed and still being robbed and now threatned by the LL's solicitors and baliffs.

 

This needs to be publisised as the laws on this country are all b------t.

 

So anyone who thinks there deposit is safe I would think again and ,make enquiries if it is held in a TDS apparently there are only 3 schemes and if not held within a certain period the tenant can sue.

 

I hope everyone that reads this thread will take some notice of what I am saying, they are quick time to pass on to ballifs who are total bandits. I am very lucky to have the support of one special person from this web site thats why I am fighting on. CAG reign forever.

 

Mashmallow

[MrShed]

Floppo,

 

This so called TDS is all b------t, the government set ups a scheme to protect us tenants like pigs are flyine over my head now. In 2009 my son was evicted for rent arrears, he did not want to live in his flat. There was untold probelms with heating , plumbing and garden fences. I was guarantor for the rent. Anyway went to court and agreed he would move out and pay the rent arrears off as he is unemployed. To date I have been to court to fight for the deposit paid as there was no answers from letting agents, solicitors and land lord to what the deposit was taken from. There was no corresspondence from the TDA or anyone to what has happended to my deposit. 1 year later I am told by letting agents the despoit was given to the LL for rent arrears, no such notification or corresspondence to me about this. Next thing the case was passed on to Baliifs who come to seize my goods and added another £1000 + to the debt. Today they have ageed I can have my deposit back after 1 year 6 months on and sent me a bill for repairs, a piece of A4 paper with some stupid name and mobile tel number stating what the LL had to repair. (B------t) so such way. The builder he employed was his relative who was jack of all trades master of none total cowboy builder. This was only because the Distric Judge told the LL's solicitor he would have to provide proper invoices and reports of what he was claiming for. He then stated that we should try and resolve matters before a next hearing otherwise it would occur more expense. This also I am being threated for by the LL's solicitors.

 

I sent a cheque for the rent arrears before it goes back to court on the 29th of April, the LL's solicitors passed it on to the balifs to deal with. I have since cancelled the payment and will go back to court and fight for dear life.

 

There is no such thing as a TDS in my books they are just as useful as a jack the hatter. I have been robbed and still being robbed and now threatned by the LL's solicitors and baliffs.

 

This needs to be publisised as the laws on this country are all b------t.

 

So anyone who thinks there deposit is safe I would think again and ,make enquiries if it is held in a TDS apparently there are only 3 schemes and if not held within a certain period the tenant can sue.

 

I hope everyone that reads this thread will take some notice of what I am saying, they are quick time to pass on to ballifs who are total bandits. I am very lucky to have the support of one special person from this web site thats why I am fighting on. CAG reign forever.

 

Mashmallow

 

 

Read the thread before ranting - this is about TSA, not TDS.

[mashmallow]

Sorry,

 

Had one too many could you please move it to the correct section, don't know how to do it.

 

Please

 

Thanks

 

 

Mashmallow

[caro]

Have you got a thread for it mash or do you want it moving to a complete new thread? I can move it for you but you can edit it yourself if you want to.

[mashmallow]

Sorry,

 

No, please can you move it for me.

 

Regards,

 

Mash

[Ed999]

Is the TSA available to everyone? To Private Shorthold Tenancies? Or just for tenants in housing association properties?

 

Set up by the useless last Labour Government, the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is the regulator for social housing in England. It was launched on 1 December 2008, implementing the recommendations of the Cave Review of Social Housing Regulation.

 

The TSA is responsible for "ensuring that social housing landlords provide decent homes and services to their tenants". Its remit includes social housing that is provided by local authorities and by those private bodies (such as housing associations) that are registered with it.

 

A useless and teethless talking-shop, it is NOT an organisation a tenant can lodge a complaint with, but a waste-of-space bureaucracy that merely refers you to the long-established Local Government Ombudsman if you try to complain about a social housing landlord. The ombudsman has NO jurisdiction over housing associations, only over local councils.

[caro]

In fact it's one of the quangos that's being scrapped.