Daughter just evicted

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My daughter (20) has been evicted from her house rental having moved in earlier today.
The landlord locked the postbox and because last years tenants lost the key and she had a ' very stressful time about this' has decided to lock the post box and instead told the tenants .. all uni students... that she will leave herself into the house once a week and leave their post in the house.
Packages will have to be collected in the city post office. A few miles away from the rental.
My daughter questioned her about this and suggested they cut their own keys at their own expense and the landlord went off on one.
I know this because she also rang me and was extremely rude and said it was her house and her rules so they could lump it , if the girls didn't like it.
I tried to speak as did my daughter and the other tenants but she literally shouted us down.
Who is unreasonable here.
PS She rang me as I paid the deposit and rent and I was the contact when she couldn't reach my daughter.

Landlord on Day 1

Behaves unreasonably

Take as a blessing

The landlord is pretty obviously unreasonable, are you just venting or are you actually unsure?

Does your DD and her friends have somewhere else they can stay? If you’re in the UK you should have a rental contract which will entitle your daughter to stay in the house for the term of the contract or until she is legally given notice. The Landlord doesn’t get to just kick her out. She can go to the house, get a locksmith to open it, if necessary, and replace the locks with ones she has keys for. And sue the landlord for the expense.

But as someone else said - finding out your landlord is nuts at the start of your contract may be a blessing in disguise and cutting her losses rather than standing her ground may be more sensible.

Has she actually tried to kick daughter out?
Do they rent through a estate agent?
The uni will have advisors

She's ridiculously unreasonable. I assume that your daughter signed a contract? Was it arranged through the university housing body? If so, tell them about it as soon as possible, so that they can move her off the approved list of landlords.

If there is a contract, she's in breach of it. She is also on thin ice, by interfering with the post, she can't just claim "My house, my rules," there are laws in place, which protect both parties.

Do you mean actually evicted as in no longer has a tenancy or for some reason has the landlady restricted access for a short period for some reason? I'm struggling to make sense of your post. Obviously either scenario is not acceptable and by the sounds of it not legal.

You've said she's been evicted, but then the rest of the OP is focused on post and packages. Rather than having somewhere to live. Does your daughter have somewhere to stay? Has the landlord refunded deposit/rent that your daughter had paid?

Tell her to contact Shelter