Yay more Fun - Housing Association Rental Repossession

[Undercover Elsa]

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Hi Kilasuit,
Makes you wonder if the Landlord has a hidden agenda, eg another tenant lined up willing to pay higher rent.

What was does it actually say on the repossession notice? It should state which clause of your tenancy agreement you are alleged to have broken.

[Paul.]

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There was a case i read, about human rights in the context of housing

Heres a link, it may help

http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/decid...essSummary.pdf

[kilasuit]

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I feel that i may have a massive battle on my hands here because some of the "issues" are related to car parking and i've been victimised due to being the only HA tennant with 2 cars (or so i had until 16th)

Little bit of background info

We live in a block of flats which on signing the tenancy back july last year we were told that all the flats were to be ha tenants. load of bull as 3 out of the 6 were sold.

Anyway the 2 owners of the top 2 flats both have 2 cars and 1 allocated space.
I had a run in with 1 of the owners due to their brother parking in my space one day.
We as a collective of the block came to the conclusion that even though there was only the 1 space allocated to us all that there space for a further 3 cars without any obstruction to any other user of the car park.

Great problem solved. Or so i thought.

A few weeks or months went by and we received a few letters stating that we were only allowed 1 car park space and couldn't "make" our own spaces.

I argued that this was a unfair comment to make due to there being no restriction being placed on the 2 owners of the top flats. And then agreed reluctantly to park 1 car elsewhere for a short period of time.

I then had an issue where i locked the keys in the car so i broke the window (accidentally) and left a small amount of glass on the grass. I received a letter within 2 days and on the day i received this letter cleared the glass up. that was the last communication i received from them.

Until last Friday we get this letter declaring notice of repossession.

Now i'm gonna fight this all the way. What chance do i have of being able to force this decision to be reversed due to the above and also all the other recent going ons?

[PlanB]

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unfortunately its not my solicitor but theirs that i've spoken too

Okay. Well if it's the housing association's own solicitor that you spoke to he can't advise you because he would have a conflict of interest so you will need to get independant legal advice either through the CAB or Shelter. Fingers crossed for you

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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I do have a local housing officer but hes a bit of a prick in all fairness

Which bit?

[kilasuit]

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If you've already got a solicitor dealing with all this then you should be fine Keep us posted with your progress

unfortunately its not my solicitor but theirs that i've spoken too

[PlanB]

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well i've spoken to the solicitor asked to send the notice out and he has said he'll email them to get the appeal process started

gonna get a copy of all worked hours sent to them too so they can naff off with the "ignorance" of any letters they sent me.

Though they are shit landlords tbh

If you've already got a solicitor dealing with all this then you should be fine Keep us posted with your progress

[kilasuit]

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well i've spoken to the solicitor asked to send the notice out and he has said he'll email them to get the appeal process started

gonna get a copy of all worked hours sent to them too so they can naff off with the "ignorance" of any letters they sent me.

Though they are shit landlords tbh

[PlanB]

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Then your nearest Shelter would be Birmingham which is almost an hour away but they do have a phone advice line

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_ad...ry&id=368&r=20

[kilasuit]

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no no im not in leominster im in shrewsbury and have been to cab in last month so i do know where it is.

I do have a local housing officer but hes a bit of a prick in all fairness

[PlanB]

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Me again. I've found your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau which has a telephone helpline open tomorrow from 10 am - 3 pm. If you ring them you should get an emergency appointment with an advisor in the next few days

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/bur...lnumber=100412

I've checked out your housing association and it's huge with thousands of properties on the books. Sometimes when they get that big things can become a bit impersonal and the computer sends out repossession letters automatically if there are arrears or something without knowing your real circumstances. You should have a local Housing Officer who you can talk to and who can sort this out

[PlanB]

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Marches Housing Association. Based in Leominster.

Why do you ask?

Shelter offer excellant FREE help to anyone facing repossession of their home. From what you say this may be your local branch. Give them a call tomorrow and see what they can do for you and your young family They may tell you to get a referral from the CAB etc but at least ask them how you can start to deal with all this.

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_ad...&pc=Leominster

Plan B x

[kilasuit]

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I mean who with ie you said we....

That does matter..... ie kids/elderly etc

Its me (22) my partner(18) and my 2 year old.

[Never-In-Doubt]

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I mean who with ie you said we....

That does matter..... ie kids/elderly etc

[PlanB]

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To top off a pretty bad few months i have been given a notice requiring possession of our flat.

So time to give the Housing Association hell on that too.

Think from work ET forms I'm able to surmise that i hadn't ignored things more had no time to deal with them.

As they say when it rains it pours.

Don't they have to have a damn good reason for possession of your flat since you're living there with your two year old child? If you've got any rent arrears because you lost your job have you applied for Housing Benefit and made the housing association aware of your plight? HB takes about eight weeks to come through but normally HAs are tolerant of this expected delay