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Bit of a long story........sorry.

 

My husband lost his job and I am on maternity leave so on half pay, so it came about that we can no longer afford to pay the rent for our flat.

 

I explained this in a letter to the agents......who informed us to go to the housing benefit office. The housing benefit office keep asking us to come back with different documents and we are basically waiting for some paperwork to come through.

 

We have informed the landlord and the agents of this and keep getting calls from the agents to ask what is happening (which is understandable)

 

The landlord recently wrote quite a horrible letter saying that we were being uncooperative and if we didn't pay the rent soon he would take us to court to redetermine the tenancy and charge us interest on the rent we haven't paid.

 

Recently the landlord called and asked to view the property and has not given me a valid reason why he wants to do this as he is not the type to ever come around. I feel threatned by this as feel that he is up to something.

 

I have my name on the council list but am in the lowest band category and don't think I stand a chance of getting a place anytime soon.

 

I am worried as to what will happen if we are given notice as can not afford another rented accommadation and I have a 6 month old baby.

 

Any help with any this will be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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Linda2006,In reply to your post,please answer the following questions/provide the following information:

 

1.What is the starting date of your tenancy?

 

2.What is the end date of your tenancy?/length of your tenancy? i.e.

6 months/12 months. Please clarify.

 

3.Is the tenancy in both of your names? Or a solo tenancy in one of your names?Please clarify.

 

4.What is the monthly rent?

 

5.How much are you in arrears (if any) with your rent?

 

6.The full content of the "nasty letter" from your landlord.

 

 

Regarding the your landlord's visit:

 

a.He is within his rights to request this.As long as he gives you notice and does not "barge in" without your consent.

 

b.My advice is not to worry about this,but simply make the visit at a time to suit all.

 

The answers to the above questions/additional information should enable me to hopefully assist you further.

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ok well the answers to your questions are:

 

1. we have lived here since May 2005....but are on 6 month contracts each time.

 

2. 6 months each time so it will run out May this year.

 

3. the tenancy is in both mine and my hubbies names.

 

4. the monthly rent is £800....and I am not earning that right now.

 

5. At the moment we are in arrears of 2 months.

 

6. ok the following is the whole letter................

 

I am writing in regards to the unpaid rent that has been due for almost two months, since 7th Dec 2006. Also, there is the matter of the late payment of rent in Nov 2006 (as we were not given a contract!) and the next rent is due by 7th of this month as well.

 

Due to your lack of cooperation, I have come to the conclusion that unless I am paid the due rent urgently, I will be taking further legal action in order to evict you from the property.

 

As rent has been in arrears for over fourteen days, you have breached your obligations under clause 7 of our contracual agreement and therefore I reserve the right to take this matter to court and re-enter the property to determine this tenancy.

 

Under clause 6 of our contractual agreement, I also reserve the right to charge interest for any unpaid rent at the same rate of 5% of my banks base rate until payment is actually made.

 

I strongly advice you to act urgently regarding the overdue rent and your cooperation will only serve to be in your best interests.

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I don't want to sound horrible, but you also have to see this from the landlords point of view - he has bought this house as an investment and maybe can't afford to pay the mortgage himself and thats were the problem lies - he is struggling because he can't pay the mortgage (or is making things tight). If he's possibly having to go into an overdraft to pay it etc as well then he will be within his rights to charge you any other costs that you have caused him through late payment of the rent.

 

His letter, whilst seeming nasty is just stating the facts and giving you warning of what may happen if you fail to meet the expectations of the contract.

 

The only real soloution I see for you is to contact the council again as a matter of urgancy pointing out that you are pregnant and about to lose your home.

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To Blacksheep

 

Well I am not posting on here from the landlord's point of view but from mine and trying to resolve the situation. It is unfortunate for both sides really as it is not fun for us either.

 

I am not actually pregnant but do have a child under one. At present there is not point in going to the council as they will not house us as still have accomdation.

 

Thank you for your comments anyway.

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Linda2006,in reply to your last post:

 

1.Contrary to how you may believe but you have a tenancy agreement - "periodic shorthold".

 

2.The terms and conditions are the same as the last signed tenancy agreement.

 

3.Your landlord can evict you but only with a court order if you have 2 months rent arrears or more.

 

4.There is no point in going after council property now as you would still be classed as you say with a roof over your head.

 

5.Personally,I think you should try and see how to "speed up" the benefit payments and get your landlord actively involved.

 

 

Before I suggest anything else - please answer the following questions:

 

Have you had any rent arrears in the past?or is this the first time?

 

Please clarify.

 

The answers to the above questions should enable me to hopefully assist you further.

 

Also,if you wish feel free to send me a PM.So that I can assist you in finding the best solution/options in solving your problem.

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sorry to butt in but its not a periodic ST its a fixed term AST, it runs for a fixed period of 6 months at a time, therefore is fixed term, should the landlord not wish to renew the tenancy upon expiration and does not take action to evict then it would become periodic i.e. week to week, month to month, until finally action is taken through the courts.

 

unless your landlord failed to provide you with a new tenancy then as linda has pointed out, she is within the contract until may. with respect to legal action for rent arrears, your landlord has two options, either a section 21 notice (the accelerated possession process) or a seciton 8 notice under the assured tenancy and under ground 8 of two or more months rent in arrears. MOst landlords will go under s21 as its the easier of the two, and sadly most landlords do see this as an investment and dont realise what they are actually dealing with is law.

 

However, posts are right, you do need to chase up housing benefit section, find out what they need to determine the claim, if it is that they do not need anything to determine the claim, then request a payment is made within 14 days to your landlord, they do have the relevant powers to do this. I would advise if you are having such issues, you do contact a housing advice agency for support in dealing with both the HB issue and landlord issue, maybe they could explain the current HB problems and ensure the landlord somewhat that his rent will arrive, as sadly landlords hate nothing more that trying to evict (under s8) for rent arrears to have a defence in court that the arrears have been paid!

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This is the first time I have had rent arrears.............to be honest I guess I am more worried that I will be homeless with a baby. I am hoping that the council will take this into consideration, but I know they have limited housing.

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Dear linda

 

If you need advice regarding homelessness and all your concerns contact

Shelter England: the housing and homelessness charity you can contact them by phone or email, etc.

 

Also there is a benefits calculator here: entitledto this should work out any benefits and how much you are entitled to. If you are made homeless then the local council will have to accommodate you. Usually they provide temporary accomm as a short measure which could be something like bed & breakfast. You could also get onto some of the local housing associations as they should accept you on their housing lists.

 

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What you really need to do is get onto the HB dept, make a formal complaint to your councils director of finance and say that your claim needs to be fast tracked and NOW! Otherwise you are facing losing your home. The landlord has the ability in most cases to contact the HB dept himself to confirm that you have indeed made a claim and it is them dragging their feet.

 

Get onto the HB and keep doing so asking to speak to senior staff all the time. or even ask for a meeting, show correspondence from your LL and how serious this is getting. Also if possible ask to speak to the actual person processing your claim and not ad advisor.

 

Failing this make a complaint to the Director of Finance or your local MP.

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Without meaning to unduly worry the poster, but it should be noted that the landlord can evict without reason(rent arrears or otherwise) at any time, provided the appropriate 2 months notice is issued and court proceedings followed. I don't think this has been mentioned yet. This is the case despite the current 6 month AST in force - security of tenure against S21 eviction exists only in the first AST issued, not upon renewals.

 

In the meantime, it is worth noting a couple of your rights. The landlord has no right to enter your property without a court order, or if you give him express permission. They cannot remove you without a court order. Persistant and unreasonable attempts(ie over and above "normal" arrears collection attempts) to force you to pay rent arrears etc can be classed as harrassment, a criminal offence. Any attempt to "force" you out by interfering with your day to day life, or enjoyment of the property(for example, disrupting utility supplies) is both harrassment and also attempted unlawful eviction - also a criminal offence.

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Hi

 

I am under a section 21 where the Landlord wants the property back at the end of the tenancy, and am a lone parent with a disabled child.

 

Has the landlord issued you with a Section 21 notice to quit yet ? If and when he does then immediately inform the council that you wish to make a homeless application. It is important that you are not classed as making yourself intentionally homeless due to rent arrears.

 

Therefore you should make it quite clear to housing benefit that it is them the council that are forcing you to become homeless. If you do become homeless then the council have to by law house you ( temporary accommodation at first ) and hopefully a council house/housing association property. Consider any medical needs and if so visit the doctor as this will help increase your points tally.

 

I have got a doctors report / school / diabetic nurse etc to support me and the housing needs team are now taking me seriously.

 

Stay strong and keep contacting the council if necessary every day so that they understand that you are not going away. I personally have nothing but contempt for the council departments who frankly dont seem to sort out anything and cause so much misery and stress.

 

It is so important to keep on their case as you dont want them going down the road of ( intentionally homeless ) as i have checked myself and the end result is a much longer wait for a council property.

 

Shelter are a good bet as they can contact the HB on your behalf and fight your corner, then you wont have to worry so much about the homeless aspect.

 

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I would speak to your local Housing team now because most authorities have Prevention Officers to try and help prevent situations like this. This is a requirement the Government has made to local authorities, because of the shortage of Council Houses.

 

Also approach your local councillor about the delay with your H/ben claim.

 

If you do find yourself with a Landlords notice , then you are entitled to a homeless interview and because you have a child you are in a priority need, therefore , providing you are not intentional they have a duty to provide you with temp accommodation and give you reasonable preference to their properties.

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If you speak to the housing benefits nicely, they may be able to do emergency payments. They do stipulate that if you do not meet the criteria when the process is complete, they will reclaim benefits that were not due to you.

 

I had this when I went from unemployed to employed. As my job was low paid, I was still entitled to the benefit.

 

My benefit stopped completely whilst they were determining the new benefit. I spoke to the department and they were very good. In fact, the amount that was due to me was higher than the emergency payment so I had a rebate once it was all sorted.

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