homeless with daughter

[Hullfaye82]

hi, the 30th of last month, me and my 6 year old daughter became homeless by my housing association, Because i apparently no longer need their support services, this was supposedly "supported housing"! 🤔My rent was all up to date, ive not been a nuisance, but they evicted me so they can "rent to a family in need" i am utterly devastated and have no idea what to do, ive been offered a B&B by my local housing office, ive sent endless emails to housing associations etc etc... any advice would be really appreciated, thanks.

[HeyMonkey]

How did they manage that? I didn't think they could evict people with no reason.

[Hullfaye82]

their tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy, more like an agreement, I didn't know that this kind of thing was allowed, it's a charity supported housing association too, which makes it laughable x

[HeyMonkey]

Oh no. Can you phone CAB for advice?

[Hullfaye82]

they're absolutely no help whatsoever hun, nobody is giving me anything, I could understand if my rent was in arrears, but it's up to date x

[Fairenuff]

Where have you been sleeping since 30th July?

[Thelittleweasel]

@Hullfaye82 I am a landlord. You need advice - not from CAB - from a Housing Advice Charity and quickly

You can be evicted by a landlord without a reason but the process is not quick and you do get plenty of notice. The landlord has two options Section 8 where the rent is 2 months in arrear and Section 21 where he just can.

In England and Wales, a section 21 notice, also known as a section 21 notice of possession or a section 21 eviction, is the notice which a landlord must give to their tenant to begin the process to take possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy without providing a reason for wishing to take possession.[1][2] The expiry of a section 21 notice does not bring a tenancy to its end. The tenancy would only be ended by a landlord obtaining an order for possession from a court, and then having that order executed[i] by a County Court bailiff or High Court enforcement officer.[3] Such an order for possession may not be made to take effect earlier than six months from the beginning of the first tenancy unless the tenancy is a demoted assured shorthold tenancy.[ii][4] If the court is satisfied that a landlord is entitled to possession, it must make an order for possession, on a date no later than 14 days after the making of the order unless exceptional hardship would be caused to the tenant in which case possession may be postponed to a date no later than six weeks after the making of the order.[iii][iv][5]. The court has no power to grant any adjournment or stay of execution from enforcement unless the tenant has a disability discrimination, public law or human rights defence,[5] or the case is pending an appeal.[v][6]

You do have to be taken to court and there has to be a court hearing at which you are well advised to attend. Even when the order is made there is no enforecement until High Court officers attend by order of the court and they can evict you.

The whole process takes about 8 months in general.

[20mum]

Supported housimg and tied housing would presumably have special conditions of occupancy? Clearly, there is, for example, accommodation for people attending a course, or for the first emergency accommodation for people leaving prison or leaving hospital without time to apply to the council or other provision, or coming off drugs, or contracted for a seasonal job, or employed as a carer or caretaker . It wouldn't be reasonable to give the occupants the right to stay for life. However, it is reasonable to expect them to sign, perhaps, at the outset, that they comprehend they need to be sure they have prepared another place to go after they move on, using the respite time while they are temporarily secure in their current accommodation