Awaiting eviction vulnerable tenant.

Tobby230

I haven't paid rent since January. So I know that it has been a long time.

It doesn't help me to tell me I told you so. I have been very ill with heart problems. I am still in treatment.
The letter I received today tells me to leave on 27 September. It was typed on October 1.. What I want to know is how to take it from there without having to move out in haste like a fugitive.

Has anybody any idea how I can delay this further?

Tobby230

I want to delay on the grounds on vulnerability to allow me time to find accommodation. I only got this letter today.

I want to file an application notice to suspend the warrant for a month on the basis of illness and also write to the High court to suspend the writ to possess also for a month so that the bailiffs cannot come
imminently. Any other ideas?

BlackBird75

Tobby230 wrote: »

I haven't paid rent since January. So I know that it has been a long time.

It doesn't help me to tell me I told you so. I have been very ill with heart problems. I am still in treatment.
The letter I received today tells me to leave on 27 September. It was typed on October 1.. What I want to know is how to take it from there without having to move out in haste like a fugitive.

Has anybody any idea how I can delay this further?

Maybe your only option is to contact your local squatter network and have them move in?
Sounds a bit crazy, but you're in London and you have little to lose.

Clutching at straws, you could contact the landlord directly and tell him you're going to contact HMRC, and ask them to check he has been declaring his rental income (unless he calls off the eviction). It's a long shot, but you've nothing to lose.

elsien

Is this a genuine post?
You've been getting UC but haven't paid rent since January.
You've known there would be a courtcase and when it was but have still made no preparations at all for the outcome you must have been expecting and are now hoping for further adjournment?
Who has been supporting you while you have been unwell ? What advice have you sought up until now from either shelter or the statutory authorities.

You seem very sure you will be able to find somewhere in the next month, given that you will need to pay a deposit, agency fees and possibly rent up front if you're being evicted for non payment. Something isn't adding up.

HampshireH

Genuinely feel your efforts would be better put into finding somewhere to live.

If you insist on applying to suspend then you will need to fill in a N244 (I think) and pay your £50 to the court.

Low income you could try a Form EX160a fee remission and you might be able to do it for free. No guarentee though and possibility of wasting more time finding out if you are eligible for non payment.
With no prospect of payment or proposed payment plan I cannot see any judge granting in your favour.

When you failed to attend on both occasions did a medical professional write to the court to verify the version of events and the severity of your condition?

I ask as tbe courts heres that sort of story so frequently that twice from 1 person may be deemed false unless evidenced.

xylophone

If you have been unable to pay your landlord despite receiving benefits, how are you going to pay your rent at another property?

AdrianC

Tobby230 wrote: »

I haven't paid rent since January.

You've not paid one penny since then?

So you're nine months behind, and haven't been less than two months behind since March, seven months ago?

It doesn't help me to tell me I told you so.

I know it must be frustrating for you, but two months is an important figure. It's the point at which the mandatory s8 ground kicks in. If you'd dropped below two months rent outstanding, then that possession claim would have failed - even if you were one penny below two months. In June, that would have only required you to pay three to four months of back rent. At the time of the hearing last month, it would have required six to seven months.

Your debts do not go away if you ignore them - the opposite, because court costs are added on.

I have been very ill with heart problems. I am still in treatment.

And that must make this even harder than it would be for anybody - but heart problems do not stop you from paying your rent.

What I want to know is how to take it from there without having to move out in haste like a fugitive.

You have had three-quarters of a year since you last paid your rent. From that point on, this became inevitable - hardly "in haste".

Rosemary7391

I'm sorry OP but I really think you need to focus all your efforts on moving to somewhere you can afford now - seek as much help as you can with that. I do not think you will get a further month when you've not paid rent since January - however out of your control that was (does UC not have an element to at least cover some rent? Am not familiar), the LL has been without rent for a very long time and will still have all the costs of running the property for that time plus the costs of evicting you. The courts have to consider their position too.



What steps have you taken towards moving? Maybe we can help you figure out ways to speed it up.

Tobby230

HampshireH wrote: »

Genuinely feel your efforts would be better put into finding somewhere to live.

If you insist on applying to suspend then you will need to fill in a N244 (I think) and pay your £50 to the court.

Low income you could try a Form EX160a fee remission and you might be able to do it for free. No guarentee though and possibility of wasting more time finding out if you are eligible for non payment.
With no prospect of payment or proposed payment plan I cannot see any judge granting in your favour.

When you failed to attend on both occasions did a medical professional write to the court to verify the version of events and the severity of your condition?

I ask as tbe courts heres that sort of story so frequently that twice from 1 person may be deemed false unless evidenced.

Thank you.

The first adjournment was substantiated with the A&E discharge sheet and a medical report to say I needed rest during the period of the hearing. I am glad that adjournment was granted.

The second adjournment was not granted. I only produced the letter of the NHS appointment - in retrospect probably more was needed, I suspect that judge maybe said I could have rescheduled. In truth it was pretty vital I attended because I had lots of problems during the summer and I had to wait 2 months for the appointment.

Tobby230

I am not getting rent on UC because of this situation, just living expenses. They said they will help financially with moving costs, deposit and the rent of the new place.

The present rent is astronomical (£4000 per month) so UC won't cover this and even less because I started getting UC recently. So they don't consider arrears or all this eviction kerfuffle.