eviction tuesday, please help

G_M

Follow the advice above.

I assume you followed the good advice you received in your previous thread?

dodger1

bashful_lass wrote: »

yes baliffs. In England.

introductory tenant. I havent applied for a N244. Is it too late?

In your previous thread you said you'd paid the rent for 18 months prior to your boyfriend moving in. Doesn't that mean that you're not an introductory tenant?

Deal_Chaser

Have you been an Introductory tenant for 18 months due to ie having breach of conditions of tenancy during your probationary 12month period and the council applying a 6mth extension period to your original intro tenancy. If so, this does not bode well ...

in respect of Intros tenancies the law is very different to secure tenancies and you have less rights, it is much easier for your social landlord to gain possession of your property. providing all the paperwork has been completed in accordance with the requirements by the landlord and the necessary p/work forwarded to the court it is mandatory possession.

The Council would have been trying to resolve this long before it got to this stage..... the last thing that any social landlord wants to do is evict people it is all about sustainable tenancies (expensive business evict ie void times etc/relets).

I would be surprised if they would accept any credit card pymts as they are not guaranteed if you pay £1k then offer to pay £800 on debit card then might be a chance but I think you might have let this far too late.

i obviously do not know your circs but as you have large rent arrears and have failed your tenancy the LA will not have to rehouse you as you would be deemed intentionally homeless.. i would strongly recommend that you contact and ideally not just speak over the phone but request an urgent appointment with senior member of team ie Manager/team Leader to discuss your options. however unfortunately you will still have this debt regardless of whether you hold back on the payment on the basis the eviction will proceed.

If you can somehow pay all this money up I would offer the cash up ie tomorrow and enquire if you did this then is there any way the council would consider you retain a tenancy. (However if you are being evicted I would assume that the decision for mandatory possession has already been made by the Judge hence the actual time/date of the bailiffs appointment.)

1 URG speak to your landlord explaining fully why you have not addressed this situation before etc...

2 SEEK some legal assistance NOW

Hump

So what happened?

bashful_lass

thank you for all the advice.

I went to the council on monday morning and paid off the arrears with my savings and with help from family, a friend and a debit card so I have saved my flat for the moment.

no luck yet with my HB claim. delays and looks like I need to raise my rent for next month some other way. I have two job interviews lined up for next week so fingers crossed so I need to start repaying what I owe.

xx

rentergirl

I would suggest going to either the CAB, the councils tenancy relations officer or Shelter, and asking them to call housing benefit on your behalf, if this is down to arrears/late payment from them. Very often councils do not communicate with each other, and it is not unheard for tenants to be evicted when owed massive arrears from Housing Benefit, simply because they do not know, and often frankly - do not care. Housing Associations are also loathe to speak with Housing Benefit. And go to court hearings. Good luck.