In April this year, we were instructed by Ms x after she received an accelerated claim form for possession from her landlord following receipt of a Section 21 Notice in December 2023.
Our client instructed us to advise her regarding the validity of a Section 21 notice. We requested her homeless file from the council to assist with this, as the council had advised on a previous Section 21 notice as part of a homeless application, and therefore they may hold useful information.
From first appearance our client had the main homeless duty discharged in 2021 when she accepted a private rented sector offer and her housing waiting list account was closed.
Mr X was the secure tenant of a council property which suffered from disrepair including a serious mice infestation.
Upon release from prison, our vulnerable client applied as homeless with his local authority and was deemed not homeless due to the fact he has a secure tenancy with the same local authority.
We succeeded in our urgent application in this ongoing JR, getting our very vulnerable client moved into accommodation after she became ‘homeless from home’.
We took on this case after the tenant’s relationship broke down with her previous solicitor.
We acted for our client, who had formerly had problems with heroin addiction, to secure her a new two bed tenancy in a safe area.
Our client had been living in a very small studio flat with her 10 year old daughter for over 3 years.
Our client was placed by the local authority (Southwark Council) in temporary accommodation out of borough in Tower Hamlets, after they accepted they owed her and her family the main housing duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended).
