Tenant eviction because of landlord arrears

romanempire

I saw this article recently:-
(Search 'Tenants are 'recession victims'' on the BBC news site for background info. Can't post links.)
and as I'll probably have to start renting soon (because of problems with the ex - long story) its something that concerns me (along with all the other pitfalls of renting). What made me laugh was the government response of merely increasing the eviction notice period which doesn't really help that much. Especially when you consider how much of our money they've put into the banks. Which got me thinking of a more relevant solution. Check out my e-petition at:-

{usual prefix}petitions.number10.gov.uk/Tenants-rescure/

I'd be interested in your thoughts.

iscrimger

I'm in this position. Landlord went into arrears and the lender, HBOS, applied to take possession. The possession date was the 13th February but with the help of the letting agency they granted us permission to stay longer.

We have to leave by 25th May.

I am now looking at buying the property.... with help from the Scottish Government but I doubt my application will be successful as it would now appear the property I'm currently in... and wish to purchase is £10k over the maximum permitted house price!

I'll still end up out of pocket after all this as I'm now having to go and rent a 2nd flat from another agency!

romanempire

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silvercar

link doesn't work.

tbs624

try http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Tenants-rescure/

silvercar

From the petition:

Even though a tenant has paid the rent they can still be evicted from their home because of their landlords financial problems. The government proposal to increase the eviction notice period from 2 to 7 weeks fails to address the issue that innocent people lose their homes.

I'd be happier with this if it excluded the non-innocent tenants who are the cause of the landlords problems by not paying their rent.

romanempire

I agree. From the 'More Details' section:-
"...continuity and security of tenure (providing they meet the conditions of their tenancy)."

To me that implies that they're up to date with their rent, etc.

I'm sure there other details that need to be worked out but this was something I knocked up in half an hour. I couldn't spend more time on it as I've got more pressing issues (my company going bankrupt because of a dodgy accountant and my home getting repossessed because of my half-wit ex). Just seemed a more relevant solution to the problem then the government response.

carolt

romanempire wrote: »

I saw this article recently:-
(Search 'Tenants are 'recession victims'' on the BBC news site for background info. Can't post links.)
and as I'll probably have to start renting soon (because of problems with the ex - long story) its something that concerns me (along with all the other pitfalls of renting). What made me laugh was the government response of merely increasing the eviction notice period which doesn't really help that much. Especially when you consider how much of our money they've put into the banks. Which got me thinking of a more relevant solution. Check out my e-petition at:-

{usual prefix}petitions.number10.gov.uk/Tenants-rescure/

I'd be interested in your thoughts.

Great idea. More should definitely be done.