An enquiry to the Rent Assessment Committee has led to a tribunal against my wishes..

HellenMellon

Now resolved

19lottie82

Have you tried writing to your landlord?

Norman_Castle

You say you live in social housing but your landlord is difficult to talk to. Who is your landlord?

propertyman

Why have you not called the RAC and said

"Hi I told you not too proceed and you said ok-all in writing. Why is there now a hearing, and how do I cancel it?"

agrinnall

Surely your HA would rather talk to you and agree to the tribunal being withdrawn than the alternative, which would presumably see them having to face the costs of sending staff to attend the tribunal?

propertyman

HellenMellon wrote: »

I have. I hold all the letters from them confirming they would not act without my permission. But they have started the wheels of justice and we are all bound by the rules.

Helen I am sorry but I don't believe you

Both your posts are sufficiently "off" that I am not sure the full story is being told

eg you have told them to stop and they say they will take no further action, but that is not right, its one or the other.

eg you have called them and hold all the letters but you are bound by the wheels of justice?! No Helen thats gibberish.

I deal with the RPTS every week, c'mon tell us the full story

Norman_Castle

The last thing I need is a forced RAC tribunal that could possibly consider the market rent. I’ve be warned my rent could effectively more than double which would led to homelessness.

Your rent would only double if you are currently paying half of a fair rent. Has your rent been assessed before?. How long have you lived there?. Who told you your rent could double?.

Norman_Castle

As you have had annual rent increases, your rent, and the rent of the other 10 properties, has been set and agreed with any increases limited by the government guidelines. I suspect you have been given incorrect advice by Shelter.

propertyman

Is your tenancy

a a tenancy with a registered rent under the rent act 1977

or

b under the housing act 1988 eg an assured tenancy

I think that the problem here is that once either party makes an application both must withdraw or ask the Committee to accept notice to withdraw.

My earlier post stands in that given what you have said, you have not withdrawn the application you made but the outcome of exchanges was merely that you asked them to postpone, while you want to believe that something else was agreed, eg withdrawal.

I am suggesting you take a closer look at the paperwork and see what it says rather than what you think or hope it says.

I would write to the Committee and state that you made an initial application on the basis that it would not proceed,without your further request,and that subsequent letters had ended the matter.

You then say that you didn't fully appreciate the complexities of the procedures and would ask the Committee to withdraw the application following an amicable agreement between yourself and the landlord "in the attached letters emails etc"

propertyman

HellenMellon wrote: »

That was my first reaction. It just seems a barmy concept. At present we have no liason person within the local HA office, so all mail goes to their head office.

No, not barmy, as recent decisions or evidence might support a higher rent or changes in the service charge since the last increase might allow an increase in recovery.

Norman_Castle

Is your rent registered? https://ebusiness.voa.gov.uk/err/