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S21 being issued and facing homelessness

Sahara74 · 2018-03-23 06:45:00

Hello. I’m new to here and was hoping if people can give me advice and maybe let me know the process regarding facing being made homeless? My landlord has given me two months notice to leave the home I rent from him (s21 notice served), and I’m now in a state as I’m going to be made homeless. He’s wanting to sell the…

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G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite

24 March 2018 at 12:32PM

silvercar wrote: »

Stepping back, was the S21 valid.

This is wortth checking. If the S21 is invalid (and many of them are) then you have more time. You could
* wait the 2 months
* if/when the LL applies to court for possession, challenge the S21
* if the court dismises tthe S21 the LL has to issue a new one correctly which gives you
* anothe 2 months..

The law is very complex, hence easy for a LL to get it wrong. Here is a checklist :

S21 checklist (Is a S21 valid?)

The sheer number of questions shows how complex it is!

But bear in mind this is just delaying tactics - the LL will eventually get it right.

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