With A4E about to feature in Benefit Busters on C4 on 20th August 2009 Illegal mentions a piece in this Sunday’s Observer about them.
Archive for August, 2009
E isn’t for Evil, apparently
Posted in Random stuff on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
No ongoing duty for YOU!
Posted in Gatekeeping on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
House is coming across a rather disturbing practice that appears to be on the rise amongst Local Authorities. House shall call this practice ‘The Disappearing Duty’ or TDD for short.
House now works in a fairly rural area. Local Authorities are now trying to state that because they have no ‘accommodation of their own’ that they [...]
Rent arrears = always intentionally homeless, apparently
Posted in Gatekeeping on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
House has noticed a rather worrying growth RSL and Local Authority Neighbourhood Housing Officers doubling as Gatekeeper’s to the promised land of the ‘homeless application’ especially where rent arrears are involved.
House recently saw a letter from a Neighbourhood Housing Officer of a rather large Housing Association that stated ‘as a result of the proceedings you will be found [...]
Who is my Landlord now?
Posted in Random stuff on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hello
A pondering.
At Court last week a Judge ordered, in mortgage arrears possession proceedings, ordered that a Landlord give up possession in 28 days of the address at which they were registered proprietor. The property had some tenants in and the tenancy was binding on the claimant as it was a buy to let.
House’s question is from when would [...]
Good work GE Home Lending
Posted in Random stuff on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an excellent example of good practice this week GE Home Lending informed House that they had only decided to refer House’s client to their team that deals with forebearance options after they had obtained a suspended possession order…
Being a Housing Officer
Posted in Random stuff on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you missed it it’s worth catching up on Neighbourhood Watched. It was, at least to House, a fairly impartial account of being a Neighbourhood Housing Officer.
What often startles House and this view was reinforced by watching this programme was the startling lack of responsibility people take for their actions. This was demonstrated by some [...]
Landlord Insurance and rent lawfully due
Posted in Law stuff on August 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hello
House apologises if this is silly but House has a question. If a tenant gets into arrears of rent and the landlord’s insurance then pays the landlord to cover the losses does that mean the tenant has less rent unpaid for the purposes of ground 8 and 10?
