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Bankruptcy and rent areas

Maria2000 · 2020-05-11 04:30:40

If I do a personal bankruptcy can I still back pay my rent areas if I carry on living there, or is it classed as preferential treatment if my LL

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Galloglass Posts: 1,288 Forumite

27 May 2020 at 5:09AM edited 27 May 2020 at 5:10AM
To ban evictions, there has to be a change in the legislation. The legislation currently says 30 September. (See 1.1 (a)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/schedule/29/enacted

If you want to know the answer then you will have to ask the government. And even if there is an announcement, it will be meaningless unless new legislation is passed. (See 1.2) This is where you see the new legislation coming through

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi
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All land is owned. If you are not on yours, you are on someone else's and their rules apply.
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