Urgent Advice please, reguarding eviction

becky81

My neighbour is class 1 diabetic, and has learning difficulties. He was asked to go to court on Monday to discuss issues reguarding his rent arrears. While at court, the council came to his house, broke his door down, replaced it with a metal sheet door, and evicted him. When he came home he had all of his medication locked inside his house along with food and clothing. After a while of asking, the council came back but would only get his medication...nothing else. He slept in his shed on the floor on the first night, and last night was giving a b&B to sleep in...but ONLY for last night.


He has till Friday to clear out his house (Via appointment with the council), but is only allowed back ONCE for 3 hours to do this. If he enters the house, even for just 5 mins, that is classed at the beginning of his time, so he cant get his clothes unless he clears out his house at the same time. He is still wearing the same clothes he wore to court on Monday, and we have no idea what to do!


I understand there will be some that will say "He should of paid the rent", but you must understand his mother always paid the bills, she died 3 yrs ago, and he can hardly read, and doesn't understand he has to pay them. We have spoken to him numberous times, and tried to help, given him food, read his letters to him.


we have tried to get him help with local charitys before but no one is interested.


any advice would be amazing!!!!


Thank you xx

jewelly

I would ring Social Services and say he is a vulnerable adult in distress and needs some urgent help/support.

rogerblack

Also, what was the court decision?
The court may be very unhappy if the council have done this behind their backs, and for example evicted when the court says he could not.

billywilly

Sounds to me that an eviction notice had been served and that the tenant at the last knockings went to court to try and get it either suspended or set aside.

If that is the case and the eviction date had come and gone, of course the council are well within their rights to repossess. Carrying out an eviction when the property is empty is a bailiffs dream job.

And yes the council/bailiffs will not be prepared to keep opening the property up. The tenant should now either leave his belongings there for ultimate disposal or arrange for transport to empty the property.

The tenant would then have to go to the council as being homeless. Being evicted friom a council property for non payment of rent will not bode well if he is asking for another council property!

GwylimT

If he has made himself homeless by not paying rent or poor behaviour the council are not obliged to home him.

Arrears and eviction can be treated differently, was the court case to decide on payment of arrears?

Did his mother not arrange for someone to be his guardian or have POA before she passed away or was it too sudden.

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Shelter maybe able to offer good advice

maddoglady

My neighbour is class 1 diabetic....NOOOOOO, he's a human being who has Type 1 Diabetes....we are not our condition. Off topic but need to take every opportunity to widen understanding.

missbiggles1

Has he been receiving LHA but not paying the rent with it?

billywilly

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Has he been receiving LHA but not paying the rent with it?

That's a good point.