tennant wont leave

Moneymaid

je suis charlie !

Not legal until toward end of february, and I hope she is out by then.
No wonder we have social housing issues when its all about the tennant. I cant even sell my own home.

Pixie5740

Not only can you not sell your own home (currently it's not your home, it's the tenant's home) but you can't spell tenant either. Tee hee.

:rotfl:

dancingfairy

O.k it seems like my advice earlier was wrong as you are not in England.
Do you know why the tenant isn't moving? Are they trying to get council housing or the like. I don't know what the situation is like there for social housing.
If you can get hold of the tenant you could offer to pay their rental deposit, or moving costs or something else to err persuade them to move (ie bribe them out nicely). If you can't afford that, then I guess you'll have to follow the legal proceedings through
I hope you can get it sorted.
df

Moneymaid

It seems she is looking to be evicted to get social housing . She has phoned dhss and told them she is no longer applying for housing benefit so im no longer getting any money from her or dhss.

Its a strange state of affairs when you want your house back when you need it , you cant get it and have to go to court to evict someone, who gets angry as theyre asked to leave because as well as everything the dont pay their rent when theyve agreed to and manipulate the system because they feel they have a right to stay there as long as they like without actually paying for it. !!!?????

theartfullodger

Dhss was dissolved in 1988, over 25 years ago.

Are you sure you know what you are doing & talking about?

Pixie5740

Your tenant can't stay in the property as long as she likes. If you follow the correct process you will get her out eventually.

I'm not sure how it works in NI but in other parts of the UK tenants aren't necessarily re-housed by the council if they've made themselves intentially homeless, by not paying their rent for example or some other breech of the TA.

So there's a good possibility that your T will find herself without a pot to pi$$ in at the end of all this.

saverbuyer

theartfullodger wrote: »

Dhss was dissolved in 1988, over 25 years ago.

Are you sure you know what you are doing & talking about?

Northern Ireland is stuck in the 80's.

DHSS still exists here.

Tansy_1980

Hi - you could send a further letter to tenant explaining that you will be seeking possession at court and encouraging tenant to seek advice. NIHE can assess for homelessness on basis of NTQ letter, they don't need to see a court order. She is threatened with homelessness once she receives a 28 day Notice to Quit if she is periodic tenant. She has no defence to action at court. Any good advice agency will tell her that it's in her interests to leave before court as she could be held liable for court costs if she stays.

You really need to bone up on tenancy law if you're going to be renting out a property. Technically, you should have been registered by now. If you had a periodic tenant in your home, you would have become responsible for registering as soon as the monthly tenancy renewed after February last year. The council won't fine you yet, but will take a dim view if you're not registered by this February 25. You also need to make sure that you've given her rent book, tenancy statement, and that you've protected deposit if it was paid on or after 1 April 2013. And, do you have your mortgage lender's permission to rent out the house (if there's a mortgage on the property)? Loads of free advice and information for landlords here: http://housingadviceni.org/advice-landlords