Evicting an adult child/alternative accommodation

RAS

If someone is facing eviction by bailiffs, the Council usually refuse to act until the bailiffs are in the house, and not infrequently until the person evicted arrives at the Council office with their bags.

So it might be worth while finding someone with whom DD can leave her excess bags for a few days and putting her in a taxi with the essentials, early in the day. That gives the Council time to sort her out. Then turn his phone off and go off-line for the day.

HampshireH

They will wait till the end incase he changes his mind and she remains houses

celeliza

If he goes back to the council on the day of eviction and confirms that he is sticking by his eviction letter, then they will take action on the day?

elsien

If she is eligible for housing, yes. 

It will be emergency housing and could be a hostel or similar. 

TBagpuss

celeliza said:

If he goes back to the council on the day of eviction and confirms that he is sticking by his eviction letter, then they will take action on the day?

No, SHE will need to speak to the council. She is an adult and it is her application. 

They may ask him to confirm that the eviction has taken place but I am pretty sure that they will only take action if/ when she requests it  and, and once she is out of his house it's nothing to do with him and they won't share information with him. 

It may be helpful if he sits down with her to explain that he definitely will not be able to allow her to stay after the deadline, and that she will need to ensure that she knows which office she needs to go to / call (I assume that the notice expires on a week day so the council offices will be open?)  Maybe tell her that she may need to go and physically sit on the office while they find her temporary accommodation.

He could also let her know what, if anything, he may later be able to do - e.g. offer to help with redecoration or sourcing some furniture she has a place of her own, temporarily storing or paying to store her baby stuff, etc. (make sure it's her name on the storage facility not his, and be clear with her up front how many months he is willing to pay for) That might leave the door open for a a relationship if things improve. 

He can also point her to www.entitledto.co.uk so she can make sure that she applies for whatever benefits she qualifies for, 

Tashco

people need to realise as OP states the daughter is a narcissist she will always turn things on both OP and the partner/ be manipulative . Coming from someone who lived in a hostel myself it’s not actually all bad, people get ‘drug dens’ and hostels mixed up quite a lot, I had a half decent place, secure, with a 24/7 ‘warden’ type thing where there’s always someone there in the office, nice and clean with people in my situation (had to leave foster care due to turning 16) What dad needs to reaslise is the council will only house her AFTER she has given birth and not before no matter what storey they feed you both I seen this a lot with care leavers. Dad needs to think of himself and so do you, if she’s pushed him to a point he’s off work sick due to her behaviour then that’s the time he needs to stop and think his own daughter needs to move out she’s not 13 she’s 20! Yes she’s pregnant and the child didn’t ask to be in this situation but that’s HER responsibility. You cant house her forever and deal with all that abuse you’ll end up running yourselves into the the ground. Own child or not doesn’t excuse the abuse you both put up with on the daily.