Section 25 not 21

Gewens

Good Evening,
A friend of mine has just been issued with a section 25, but she is a residential tenant. She was aware she was going to be receiving notice to leave as the property is going through the process of being sold.
From what I can see, a section 25 relates to a business premises and is totally invalid in these circumstances.
Also, the landlord has never protected her deposit, so from what I understand he is unable to issue a section 21.
She does not need the stress of all this, and knows she will have to move as the property is being sold, so just wants this sorted but needs a section 21 if she is going to get any help from the local authority.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how to deal with this?

Really would appreciate any help
Glenn

G_M

Either

1)Ignore. Do nothing. Wait for the Notice to expire, and then when the landlord applies to court, contest the notice. The court will rule in her favour

2) Start looking for a new tenancy. The landlord will, eventually, get things right and evict her, so far batter that she finds somewhere new and moves in her own timescale, when it suits her, than wait for a bailiffs, the unpleasantness, and the extra costs.

If the deposit is not registered, she can aply to court for the penalty. see:

* Deposits: payment, protection and return

and



* Ending/renewing an AST: what happens when a fixed term ends? How can a LL or tenant end a tenancy? What is a periodic tenancy?

molerat

Either tell the LL what they need to do or sit it out until LL eventually figures it out themselves. If keeping quiet it could be many months before she needs to leave. What have the council said, many will only rehouse on actual eviction.