Housing Benefit declined

frisbee

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

"2] Is there gas at the property? Have you got a current gas certificate (new one needed each year) letting agency has not sent anybody out to do this yet"

It is illegal to rent a property in England and Wales without a gas safety certificate. Maximum fine is £5,000 and six months in jail. Unlimited in county court.

The tenancy agreement that you sent to your council will have one state date on it and when the landlord does get the gas safet cert, this will show that he rented the property without the required GSC. He will get fined for this if the council find out. For the safety of you and your child, you must make sure the landlord gets a suitably qualified person to do the gas safety check this week.

Did he do the electics in the house himself? Or did he use a qualified electrian?He had an electrician in.

Ive never been a tenant before and i am clueless.

frisbee

I feel bad that i have lived in this guys house for 9 years and now i am throwing his kindness back in his face because i cant pay the rent. I have not appealed against the decesion, i was thinking of asking them to look at it again. I think a trip to CB is in order.

frisbee

What would happen if i found somewhere else to live before the tenacy agreement ended?

Fang_3

maria6259 wrote: »

perhaps because OP worked 16 hours per week and had a child to support.

Work more. Get a second job. Don't sponge off of others. There's such a thing as self respect, which is sorely lacking in too many people these days. Absolutely no shame.

alfiesmum

I'm not sure what I said in my previous post for the OP to 'act upon'?
I can't find anywhere where I told her what to do...?
Colincbayley & terryw don't worry - I don't think I'll be making this family homeless. ;o) But just in case, thank goodness you got there with red font just in the nick of time.

I absolutely agree that everyone should obtain proper advice for what ever their query is.

Best of luck with it all OP. Hope you get to stay there if it's where yourself and your daughter are happy to be.

clutton_2

"" had assumed that what PN meant was that: the 6 month contract only has 4 months to go and by the time the OP got into 2 months rent arrears and it then has to go to court, the 6 month contract would be finished?""

when a LL applies for a S8 rent arrears possession order it is much speedier than the S21 process.. as soon as the second months rent is due - ie 32 days after the last months rent was due and not paid, - a LL gives the tenant a S8 form which says that £x rent is due and that this is a 2 weeks written notice of their intention to apply to the court... the court often hear S8s as quickly as they can.. then if no rent has been paid by the tenant the judge will HAVE to award possession... i got one property back in 2 weeks from the date of the court hearing... but others judges may give 28 days..

terryw

alfiesmum wrote: »

I'm not sure what I said in my previous post for the OP to 'act upon'?
I can't find anywhere where I told her what to do...?
Colincbayley & terryw don't worry - I don't think I'll be making this family homeless. ;o) But just in case, thank goodness you got there with red font just in the nick of time.

I absolutely agree that everyone should obtain proper advice for what ever their query is.

Best of luck with it all OP. Hope you get to stay there if it's where yourself and your daughter are happy to be.

Your post no 14 is absolutely incorrect. My reply to that post was to ask the OP not to act upon this. I have not suggested in any shape or form that you have told her what to do. I have replied in any post in red font.