any tenancy law experts on twitter?

[AlaskaNebraska]

can you help a twitterer?

I'd point them in the direction of Shelter, all thr info they need is on there

"Situation is: Moved into new place, but are paying for old place for the next 2 weeks. Landlord has started to move new tenants in and is withholding our money."

oh thanks yes that is an idea

The deposit should be held in the rent deposit scheme, the Landlord can not move anyone else into the property until the contracted date, this is classed as an illegal eviction, even if they first tenants are not living there. If the landlord thinks that they have abandoned the property then he needs to post a note on the door and leave it a certain amount of time (can't remember what this is off the top of my head, think it's 14 days)

It depends on when they moved in RE: deposit scheme.