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Advice Needed, please !!!!!!!

I wonder if anyone can give me any advice on the following issues,
My partners dad is about to be repossessed with in the next few weeks, He’s been to the councils and local housing association but as he’s told them we have a 3 bed house and no children they will not class him as homeless. He’s unemployed after being forced to resign from a job of 27 years and as yet is not entitled to receive any benefits so it is unlikely that he’ll be able to get re housed through the social on a private rental. It’s really selfish I know but I don’t like him and I don’t want to have him living in my home at all.
We’re not in a position to pay his arrears for him (we’ve done that before a few years back) as my partner found out last week he’ll be made redundant at Christmas so we’re trying to same and pay off all we can before that happens, we have around 5k of debt together.
If I write to the court stating that I will not allow him to live in my property can they enforce the local council etc to provide emergency accommodation for him?
He has not paid his mortgage for around 6-7 months and he’s only been unemployed for 1 month so I don’t understand why this is happening,
Also when the house is repossessed and if there is any equity in the house where will this go? As he has an agreement with his soon to be ex wife that he would see the house and the equity would be her’s around 25k when the agreement was drawn up (this was the last time he didn’t pay his mortgage).
Any advice would be great, Am only 27 and have never had any experience of this before both his dad and my partner are both looking to me for all the answers and I just don’t have them!
Thanks :confused:

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  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    I'm sure you cannot be forced to accommodate your partner's father, providing your partner agrees with you. Definitely write to the council along the lines you have suggested, but be prepared for a lot of moral blackmail. Good luck!

    Sorry, can't answer the equity question - perhaps some one will be along in a moment.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
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