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hello i recently applied to go on the housing register and i recieved a letter saying i owed £202.08 from a house i had 18 year ago at that time i had been in prison and i was told i had to leave my property in 4 weeks but when i was in prison i filled out the proper forms so the council get there housing benefit and rent for 6 months so i did'nt lose my house while i was away but they still say i owe this and theres nothing i can do about this but i dont feel that i owe this money as i done everything i was supposed to to make sure my rent was paid while i was in prison and ive been told that money cannot be claimed after 6 years i was wondering if this applys to councils

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hello i recently applied to be put on a council housing list but got a letter saying i had £202 rent arrears from a house i had 18 years ago this is the first time ive heard about this and ive never had a letter so can the council claim this or is it statute barred as i dont feel i owe this as at the time i went to prison but i filled out the forms while in prison to have my rent paid so i didnt lose my house but i was told the council gave me 4 weeks of notice of seeking possesion so my keys were handed in now they say i never gave 4 weeks notice but i was unable to give notice as i was incarsarated

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no it just says i owe £202 from my old address that i lived in from 18 years ago i phoned them and told them i didnt know what they were talking about and i told them this is the first ive heard about this they havent give me the dates but i was wondering if the debt would be statute barred

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At 18 years old its old enough to get a council house itself!

 

Yes it's statute barred - so they cannot chase you for it.

 

However, the issue seems to they are declining to admit you to their housing list for this old debt.

 

If you are in Scotland, then it is as if the debt never existed and so they cannot hold it against you.

 

South of the wall it is only no longer persuable in court but still owed, so technically they may be able to keep you off the housing list (although surely they must have some internal procedure that limits how long you can be kept from a housing list for an ancient debt).

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Hi

 

Right what you want to do is write to the council and request copies of the following:

 

1. Rent Arrears Policy and Procedures for year dated 18yrs ago.

2. Rent Arrears Policy and Procedure for 2012.

3. Complaints Procedure.

4. Write Off Policy and Procedure.

5. Copies of all correspondence for this Debt.

 

You do need to fight this as the tatic the council will use here is you are applying to go on the councils housing list, as they see this debt they may use this as a reason to refuse to add you to there housing list as a previous bad debtor (I am not sayin you are but thats what they may be thinkin)

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