help needed on pet situation

mandiskem

hi all i had to move house recently from a 3 bed house into a 1 bed bungalow i stated on my form that i have 7 pets ,2 dogs,3 cats and 2 parrots they gave me a place knowing full well we had all the pets well the housing officer came out on 10th october for first visit she informed me that im only allowed 2 pets , so i said well if thats the case why didnt they tell me that when i signed for it she came back last week unannounced to say that i got to get rid of a parrot and the 3 cats she wanted me to get rid of the dogs at first but i said no they are 9 n 10 too old to rehome then she said i got to get rid of the parrots and the 3 cats i told her i aint getting rid of the older parrot hes older than the dogs. she agreed that 2 dogs n 1 parrot can stay the cats n other parrot has to go ,is there anything i can do

DiscoCat54

Hi. Is it housing association or council? My first port of call for any tenancy dispute is the charity 'shelter'. Their advice is free and is extremely comprehensive. They really helped me out with an issue I had last year and I can't praise them enough!

Fire_Fox

Does it say anywhere on the tenancy agreement about the two pets rule? Maybe get the support of Shelter, your MP or your ward councillors and write a letter to the Housing Officer.

V_Chic_Chick

Was the property that you were living in previously owned by the same landlord / organisation? Did you acquire the pets whilst you were there, or did you already have them? And were they aware that you had the pets in your previous home?

Best of luck to you - it's a terrible situation to be in.

Miss_Havisham

Have they said you have to get rid of one of your children too ?

How worrying for you, hope you can get it sorted. What happens if you just ignore them ?

Good luck

Miss H xxxxxxx

sniggings

Miss_Havisham wrote: »

Have they said you have to get rid of one of your children too ?

How worrying for you, hope you can get it sorted. What happens if you just ignore them ?

Good luck

Miss H xxxxxxx

not quite the same, as I doubt they would house a family in a one bed bungalow

Fire_Fox

sniggings wrote: »

not quite the same, as I doubt they would house a family in a one bed bungalow

They might if they didn't read the application form properly! :rotfl:

malcolmffc

When you say they knew "full well" about your pets, how did you inform them?

Mrs_Z

As already suggested, please read your tenancy agreement carefully. What does it say about pets? Is there a maximum number of pets mentioned in there? If not, then you can tell your housing officer to b*g off - very politely of course. They can not evict you for that.

maninthestreet

Parrots can live well in excess of 50 years, few dogs make it past 15.

19lottie82

OP – I don’t mean to be harsh, but surely it isn’t in the animals interest to be keeping all of them in a 1 bed place? It sounds far too cramped for them all to be comfortable?