European court of human rights to investigate eviction
Human rights court to examine eviction
The European court of human rights is looking into the procedures used by social landlords to evict tenants in the UK. The court is looking into the case of Paul and Amanda Wilkes who were evicted from their Blackpool council home by the local authority in 2007, after 57 incidents of alleged anti-social behaviour including a threat to kill. The family, including their two children, had their one-year introductory tenancy terminated following a review panel decision by the council. The court now wants to establish whether the eviction was proportionate and the review panel was sufficiently independent
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The European court of human rights are to investigate the eviction of a Blackpool family. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters The European court of human rights is looking into the procedures used by social landlords to evict tenants in the UK.
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The European Court of Human Rights is to scrutinise the procedures social landlords use to evict unruly tenants, reports Inside Housing. The court has challenged the UK government to say whether the 2007 eviction of Blackpool council tenants Paul and
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When we moved into our house a year ago my landlord promised to do a lot of work on the house and gardens, it was never put in writing but its still not been done.
The following are the problems, please state a reaosn for each i.e. if they have to sort it, can i refuse to pay rent?
1. Dampness – Leakage from roof has been sorted but do they have the clear the mould and re-decorate, considering we paid to decorate and its now been wrecked??
2. Drop the curbs – they put a drive in but they have never dropped the curbs and we are worrying aout our tracking on the car
3. Windwow with vent in utility room to stop damp from tumble dryer
4. Electric shower unit doesnt work, need a new one (we do have a bath tho)
Please help, I feel we are paying rent to them but they arent keeping up their side of the bargain, can I refuse 2 sign the contract? or add in that they have to sign to finish the work by the time of the next contract in 6mths? Get it put in writing before you sign the contract, you should be able to have him repair the damp but nothing more UNLESS its in writing.
A landlord has the responsibility to Provide that everything under the contract is in safe and working order, nothing more.
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What are my rights as a tenant? heating & electricuntil u buy u own god damb house, shut up and be nice to he agent an they might get it fixed
1: dambness need to be sorted asap
2: drop the curb? i know ur jokin, u must not hav that much of a good car if ur renting
3: window? what about it?
4: u got the bath
this is true
if u stop payin rent then he is in his righ to give u notist, if u have a baby he can never get u out by the law, but he might send the goons around to thow your stuff out and change the lock, seen it done before
You can’t refuse to sign the contract nor stimulate what he signs for, if you need a house i wouldn’t aggrevaite the landlord too much if your coming up to the end of your current contract. He may just decide your too much work and ask you to leave, leaving you with no house at all. The only one of those that really needs tending to now is the mould issue, that can be dangerous so get onto your local health and safety department to have them get onto your landlord. If the drive was already there when you moved in and no where in writing does it say he was dropping the curb i dont believe he has to do it. the window vent isn’t upto him to install, if it wasnt there to begin with its not his problem. the tumble dryer is your responsibility so so is the vent. the electric shower he will need to fix but its not overly importnat if you have a bath and definatily not somehting you can stop paying your rent for. Firstly you need to send a letter to your landlord stating the problems, keep a copy as well. If he doesnt repair things then you need to get onto the health and safety department. I wouldnt just not pay your rent, he will have grounds to evict you!
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