Wanted HELP!

[hop]

Generally you need to have not paid any rent for 2 months before you can be evicted (assuming you are on an assured short hold tenancy). Then landlord needs to issue you with a Section 21 notice.

Did the landlord take a deposit of you, and did he protect it ?

If he has taken a deposit and not protected it then he can not evict you. You could even claim 3 times the deposit back off him for his failure to protect the deposit.

 

[Poseidon]

I know yeah that's what I thought!

Well, I've spoken to the Crisis Loans people again after being on hold for 55 minutes!! and they've said they can't award me anything

Spoke to the council and the earliest they can fit me in for an interview is on Wednesday next week.

I've spoken to my landlord and they know all this but still want the rent :/ bad times for me at the moment

 

[arthur]

go to the citizens advice or their pubic website about tenants and slandlords right and responsibilities advice guide from CAB.

 

[Lunar Scorpion]

From memory, if you pay your rent monthly you have to have 28 days notice, if you pay weekly I believe it is 14 days notice, before they can legally evict you.

 

[Lunar Scorpion]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/Privaterenting/Problemsanddisputes/DG_189241
"Ending a tenancy early

If you are seeking possession because your tenant has not paid the rent or has broken one of the other terms of the tenancy agreement, different rules apply, depending on which type of tenancy your tenant has. For example, if the tenancy is an assured tenancy, you will need to use one of the reasons or 'grounds' for possession in the Housing Act 1988.
If you use one of the grounds from the Housing Act 1988, either two or four weeks' notice may be required. Some grounds are mandatory – this means the court has no choice but to make a possession order if it is satisfied that the ground exists.
Examples of mandatory grounds include:

• more than eight weeks' rent arrears (unpaid rent)
• repossession by mortgage lender (eg the property you own and rent out is being repossessed)

Other grounds are 'discretionary' – this means the court will look at the reasons and decide if a possession order is fair.
Examples of discretionary grounds include if the tenant:

• often pays rent late or does not pay rent
• breaks the terms of the tenancy agreement
• is a nuisance to neighbours
• uses the property for illegal purposes (for example, dealing drugs)

If the tenancy is regulated, possession can only be sought using one of the grounds in the Rent Act 1977.
Break clauses

If there is a break clause in the tenancy agreement, you can then give notice (usually two months) at any point, which ends the tenancy early.
However, a landlord does not have a guaranteed right to possession during the first six months of the tenancy."

So basically, they probably haven't got a leg to stand on and are threatening you with an illegal eviction.

What type of tenancy do you have? How long have you lived there? Have you ever had any problems before?

 

[Alee]

landlord would need to serve you a section 21 then you would have 2months notice from the day you receive it. i had a housin situation at the end of last yr and found the people on stafford forum and the council to be extremly helpful.If you are still worried you should definatly go to the housing options, they will definatly sort it out for you ...dont stress