Landlord having people access my room and his constantly wanting to charge me for something

[Pepperanderson]

I moved into a room 3 months back which was recommended by someone i knew as i had just come out a bad situation and on benefit. It was a difficult process as The landlord was very rude and lack constant communication throughout , but in the end i was able ro secure the room. Prior to that i had a home for over 11 years but was forced to leave because i was racially harassed and targetted.
Anyways since living in this one room, the landlord has tried to find ways to get extra money from me. He increased my rent on 4 occasions within a period of 2 monfhs stating his original prices was a typo The room came with old half warn funiture. The wardrobe door partially handling off, which i immediately reported ro him and also the dressing had chips marks , which again i reported. He claimed the furnitures was not old and tried to blame it on me in attempts to extort money from me.
He has also been letting people in my room withiut prior notification. Someone had told me that a man who lives close by had been going into my room on a few occasions( which i sensed was the caes). Within a month of my arrival, 3 police showed up and spoke tp a flat mate claiming they where looking for a previous tenant who lived in my room ( which clearly they should know of their wearabouts as they know everything right?)anyways the housemate told them th had left , but the police was insistance to want to come into my room, until the housemate told them that a lady now lives there . They had keys( i heardvthem jiggling as he tried to entet) and askee the name of the room i waa staying ( all the rooms are named). my housemate stopped them and a lady lives there now ans was in . The housemate later told me said he did not think the police where looking for the previous tenant.
Now let me say this before any assumptions are made. I am not on the run or anything dodhy like that . I terminated my tenancy with the housing i lived in for 11 years snd they did all ways to try to prevent me from securing a home and the police was instrumental in the racial hatred that i faced at the time and supported the housing , so it pretty coinscidental they would shpw up within a month of me moving in claiming to lool for someone whom they will hsve knownno longer lives there. I was homeless aftet leaving the house snd tried to get my life back on track.
Suffice to say. I find that the landlords emails have recently to been sharp and somewhat rude when i accidently lockrd myself out of the room , he did not want me to know they hwve a spare key snd was running down a list of costs, until a housemate found a spare. HE was nor happy that he did snd the next email followed was extremely rude.

Some please advise. I sense whatthis is looking like to me, i would just like yall opinion?

If I was feeling like everything and everyone was against me, yes I would seek help.

Others have given you sensible advice like contacting shelter and you said: They help whom they want to help . 9 times out of 10 they are blue eyed and blonde haired people.
That is nonsense. Most of their advice is over the phone or by email. They cannot tell from a phone call or email your race.

If you don't want to speak to them, try citizens advice. But any charity/organisation that you contact will not discriminate you on any protected characteristics as that's illegal and they would get into trouble for doing so.

It goes back to what i said about your motive is purely to troll and gaslight

I did not mention anything about emailing shelter. I called in person. Who emails shelter when they (where at the time) literally homeless? 🤔

The system itself thrives on racism and likes to keep thoae of us who refuse to accept it in our day to day lives and have our living condirions disrupted by it down. In a nut shell, Theresa Mays Brexit has opened the flood gatea for govermental bodies and all pro brirish , blue eyed blonde haired people to vigourouly display their intetnal racism and these are one in a millions ways it is demonstrated .

I have contributed ( like so many others of race) to this country and having to loose everything for over 3 decades juat because the colour of my skin is simply inhumane

I am not sure what to suggest OP. You have said the charities etc have not been supportive in the past and clearly you have a landlord who is a bit dodgy, just the random rent increases alone are very odd.
All I can suggest is that you look for a new place to rent as soon as possible. I wonder whether you could find a charity that would support you that is more geared towards your needs? You've indicated racism problems with others, could you approach any of the charities geared around people of colour? There are definitely charities for black women, but I am not sure of your ethnic group. They may be able to help you navigate this situation even if they are not expert in housing issues

Thank you for the comment, but i have tried every possible avenue( during and throughout the ordeals i have endured ) and have discovered along the way that charity bodies that claim to represent and help people of colour are not infact run and staffed by people of colour, but infact are blue eyed, blonde haired gatekeepers set up to block the human rights of people of colour . And that is a fact. I have experienced it myself.

I have been advised all ludcris things during the vandalism, the racial slurrs shouted at me daily at my previous home) such as "stay in the toxic abusive situation as you have a roof over your head "

I would suggest that you stay where you are now for the next six months, keeping your head down and being a model tenant while you focus on getting off benefits and back into employment asap. Stop letting housing occupy your mental energy.

Being on benefits greatly reduces your choices with tenancies, and if you apply for properties with six months of steady employment you will be in a much stronger position.

Don’t rock the boat where you are for now. It’s a means to an end. Getting a job will be a lot harder for every reason if you are homeless.

Six months and you’ll be out.

What did you do before you had to go onto benefits?

Sorry to hear that you've tried everything OP and found no support. I am at a loss to know what to suggest other than to move to a more suitable place. I am not sure anyone can help at this point if you've tried every avenue as this means options are limited

"Stop letting housing occupy your mental energy."

This right here is what i need to learn to execute . Thanks for that ..😭,

But i also have to say that no matter much steady employment i acculate moving forward, all HA/councils stick together and it will always go back to the fact of what they feel is owed to the previous landlord . So no matter what , the system itself is the one that needs ti change

@henrysugar12 has not said anything which is trolling or gaslighting. @Pepperanderson seems determined to pour cold water on any opinion (which is what they’ve asked for on here)

As a blonde haired blue eyed British person employed in the welfare/support sector, I don't think any advice I offer is going to cut it with you.

I'm sad (and incredulous) that you've found the whole of the charity/welfare/housing/state sector so appallingly racist towards you and determined to work collectively against you.

Do you have any friends of the same race as you who can offer advice? Other than that, I think this thread has exhausted all other avenues of support and it seems as though your only option is to tough it out until you find someone or an organisation that you trust.

I hope you find happiness and comfort. Everyone deserves to feel safe and settled in their home.

No matter what debt is following you around from before, your prospects - and self esteem- will be improved by getting off benefits and into employment.

Sounds like you owe rent from your last place OP

Why should the landlord just right it off

Where in the uk are you OP? There are several housing charities run by or targeting BME communities, have you looked for any in your area?

It's been a couple of years since I left the social housing sector, but if you stopped paying rent and are now in debt to your previous housing provider then others may prevent you from registering with them and that's well known/legal. It's not a conspiracy they are businesses and it's reasonable they wouldn't want to take the risk with someone known to not pay rent. The why is largely irrelevant.

You haven't shared specifics of the situation that lead you to leave your previous tenancy and whether it was eviction for debt or you chose to leave. What is coming across is your lack of trust, do you have someone you trust to help you or attend meetings with charities/CAB with you? It could be useful to have someone to either act as witness or help put things in perspective for you. I understand that trauma can skew how we experience things and having someone to help rationalise can be a huge help, even if it's simply emotional support and a handhold.

You live in a HMO (house of multiple occupancy). The rules for these tenants are different. Landlord can enter communal areas no notice but it's polite to give notice. For your room it should be 24 hours notice.

Do you have a contract? If so pay the rent amount on there. I'm not sure on law now but it may be law to have a contract. It is law to secure your deposit not for landlord to keep it themselves so has that happened?

Been a few years since I worked in HMO areas but back then lots of local authorities were requiring landlords to register with them and meet requirements to have an HMO license. I would expect most LAs have this now so contact them as sound like your landlord is in breach of some minor stuff and may in fact be in breach of some more serious stuff.

Do you have screen shots of the original advert with the rent price? Hopefully some pictures of the furtniture on the advert. Definitely keep all the photos of the condition of the furniture you have taken.

But i also have to say that no matter much steady employment i acculate moving forward, all HA/councils stick together and it will always go back to the fact of what they feel is owed to the previous landlord . So no matter what , the system itself is the one that needs ti change

The system does need to change, that is true.

But it sounds as though the issue at least in part is that you stopped paying your rent and owe money. I don't know if there was also/just damage, which is what they believe you owe. That means your old LL won't rehouse you. Of course not.

I've worked for housing associations where I was the only white worker on the ground. There are organisations in London at least where that's pretty standard. And I was as lowly as it was possible to be, certainly not allowed to gatekeep. You could just try a few, specifically for PoC, and explain why you owe. https://www.samconveyancing.co.uk/news/conveyancing/list-of-housing-associations-in-london-4384

Hi,

Please read my previoius posts as to what lead me to leave the previous property. Again charitable bodies( ans BME waa one od them). have been enormously unhelpful, insensitive and somewhat disrespwctful even when some of the evidences has been beoughr before them. Like i said in my post charity bodies that are meant for BME are run by people that are NOT from the ethnic minority ans act aa gatekeepers to prevent ethnic minorities recieve any help or support when experiencing injustice and abuse by governmemtal bodies

All they cared about was supporting the money make facist association