increase in rent and everything else HELP

Flyboy152

What connection has your rent arrears with the service charge?

arcon5

I imagine the service charge & rent arrears are charged to a single account, one that is now in arrears.

Op.. to increase rent the landlord is required to issue a section 13 note which requires one months notice (since I assume the initial tenancy period has passed) (unless increases are otherwise stated in the tenancy agreement).

Without a section 13 notice the increase is not enforcable. The association will likely insist they sent one to you, but unless they sent it registered mail (which I doubt since you haven't been notified) then they would be unable to provide evidence of this if it went to court.

Your better off contacting them and asking when was it increased? why wasn't you notified as required in the Housing Act? And more importantly, how are they going to sort it out?

I can't imagine them giving in easy though. And if they do give in then expect the section 13 notice to increase rent at your door very soon and start budgeting accordingly

Forwandert

Your in arrears by £600 from a rent increase only 5 months ago, that doesn't sound right, how much was the rent pre february and how much is the rent now, if the rent has increased will HB pay anymore?

dazzadub

Forwandert wrote: »

Your in arrears by £600 from a rent increase only 5 months ago, that doesn't sound right, how much was the rent pre february and how much is the rent now, if the rent has increased will HB pay anymore?

housing benefit havent been paying the right amount, due to increase which we knew nothing about, plus the extra i was charged, plus the account is due a months money from benefits so will take down to 300 ish.

dazzadub

Flyboy152 wrote: »

What connection has your rent arrears with the service charge?

yes, they both charged on a single account.

dazzadub

arcon5 wrote: »

I imagine the service charge & rent arrears are charged to a single account, one that is now in arrears.

Op.. to increase rent the landlord is required to issue a section 13 note which requires one months notice (since I assume the initial tenancy period has passed) (unless increases are otherwise stated in the tenancy agreement).

Without a section 13 notice the increase is not enforcable. The association will likely insist they sent one to you, but unless they sent it registered mail (which I doubt since you haven't been notified) then they would be unable to provide evidence of this if it went to court.

Your better off contacting them and asking when was it increased? why wasn't you notified as required in the Housing Act? And more importantly, how are they going to sort it out?

I can't imagine them giving in easy though. And if they do give in then expect the section 13 notice to increase rent at your door very soon and start budgeting accordingly

thank you for the info, i think they will sort asap, as the same things has happened to everyone one the site.

also they will have lot of people chasing them as a lot of the services that everyone pays for have not been done, like roads, paths, external gardening and cleaning etc, we paying for this but not got since dec, lot of people have complained.

Mrs_Arcanum

Once you have received the rent increase notification you can take this to HB to get the payments increased. They may well question every line on the notification if it is not transparent what it is for. This should also clearly show any part of the rent you are responsible for (that HB won't pay) and should show the reduction in charge to £13 for communal services.

And keep complaining about the lack of work done to communal areas.