Tragic Registered Social Landlord Situation

tiger_eyes

Sorry this happened - it must have been very upsetting for you and all the neighbours. I don't think that trying to get the landlord to sell the flat to a private owner will help you feel better, but I hope something else does. Wishing you much luck in finding your way to a better emotional place.

Cortina

da_rule wrote: »

So, victim and talking in the past tense, so some form of homicide (murder/manslaughter). Unfortunately there's nothing that you can really do to prevent the owner of a property, especially one under a legal obligation to provide housing, putting what ever tenant into a property that they decide on.

You may well be correct. Thing here is that I haven't got an opportunity to explain the details e.g if the neighbours I'm taking about are vulnerable, whether they have needed counselling for what they might have witnessed etc.

Cortina

tiger_eyes wrote: »

Sorry this happened - it must have been very upsetting for you and all the neighbours. I don't think that trying to get the landlord to sell the flat to a private owner will help you feel better, but I hope something else does. Wishing you much luck in finding your way to a better emotional place.

Thanks Tiger Eyes.

Cortina

Any lawyers out there (who can stand the wrath of what seems to be popular opinion)?

Jenniefour

Much as it may appear otherwise, selling the flat on would not resolve the upset and distress of the neighbours. It might even make it harder for them to deal with what's happened because properties where there has been a murder (I'm assuming that's the case) are actually extremely hard to sell so having it remain empty might turn out to be an unwelcome and unhelpful reminder of what has happened. At the end of the day they would still have new neighbours, so I'm not sure how the property going into private hands would make any difference at all. Having new neighbours might even help - normal life goes on and being reminded of this, if your neighbours are grieving, can be very helpful.

What some of your neighbours really need is some counselling to deal with the shock and trauma - is anyone doing anything about this? That's where the priority effort and energy needs to be focussed at the moment. Looking into trying to prevent new neighbours coming in is a dysfunctional, albeit well intentioned, solution to the problem. And distracts valuable time and resources away from what is clearly needed.

Errata

Cortina wrote: »

Any lawyers out there (who can stand the wrath of what seems to be popular opinion)?

How deep are your pockets?

Cortina

da_rule,
Thanks. It appears that I can't get back to you on that right now, have to be tomorrow.

Jenniefour
Interesting points, thanks for your thoughts. No one wants to prevent new neighbours coming in and none of us expect whoever does eventually, to be perfect Stepford model citizens but I get where you're coming from.

Errata
Why, you a lawyer?

sleepymans

I can imagine a very horrifying scenario and feel sorry for any community having to come to terms with something awful happening in their midst.

However, the only possible way anyone or group of people can influence who lives in a dwelling is for the effected person/group to buy the property and control who lives there.

Of course that doesnt stop the next "Harold Shipman" or "Peter Sutcliffe" being the next tenant.

Its bad, but thats life.

Interestingly, people live, presumably happily, in Cranford Gardens (Dennis Neilsen), but Fred and Rosemary West's house, and the Phillpots' house have, I believe both been demolished.

Cortina

Thanks for the stats.

ognum

Im sorry but I hate post that are covered in secrecy, if you want advice you are going to have to be honest about what has happened or go to an advice clinic which can actually listen to your worries.

Your post just courses confusion, we all make up our own minds what has happened and probably none of us are right so IMO wait to post until you can post the facts!