HB and private landlord

mellc

hi, wondered if someone can help with this question. we have lived in our privatly rented property now for six years. its let through a letting agent. I have become over the last few years severly disabled, so much so that my partner has now had to leave his job to look after me full time. we have just been awarded IS and told today, CA, i already claim SDA, and DLA HRC & HRM.
We have a visit from our letting agent tomorrow, just the usual, to check everything is ok. I want to broach the subject of HB with him, is there anyway he can kick us out because we are going to need to claim HB. Our rent is well within the LHA so thats not a problem, i know there is no mortgage on the house so its not buy to let. Hope someone can advise.
many thanks in advance

jdturk

it is within his right to give you notice but if you have not given him any trouble then he probably won't want the hassle of re-renting and advertising etc.

Also he doesn't have to worry about mortgage not allowing it which is a bonus.

I guess the question is will there be a gap between rent payments? If yes then it may be a good idea to tell the landlord of the change and that there may be a gap in rent, if there isn't then he may never need to know

mellc

thanks, no there won't be a gap in rent payments. unfortunatly i have to tell him as we need a letter from him. the original tenancy agreement ran out three years ago. We certainly haven't given him any trouble as we have done alot of work to the house, so much so the agent has a picture of our house on his letting website. thanks for your advice, i'm always nervous with these visits, though i don't really know why!!!

jdturk

good luck.......