Housing for teenager urgent London

[Archie123412]

Hi all,
Not sure if I'm posting it under correct topic but couldn't find a better one.
There is a teenage girl, lets call her Anna, 18yo, turning 19 in a month, she used to live with her grandma, grandma was a pensioner and was renting a flat from a private landlord, she was receiving pension, pension credit and housing benefit, and that's how she paid rent, but sadly she passed away on a Xmas day, Anna was not on the tenancy agreement, she is studying for btec, doesn't have a job and even she worked full time she wouldn't be able to afford the rent. She made an application for UC, they will start paying her £300 something a month in next five weeks but that's it, she needs to vacate the property by 17th of Janaury, landlord sent her Notice of vacant possession, that asks her to vacate the property by 17th. Anna called her council homeless line and they said that she needs to provide section 21, when she mentioned that she can only give notice of vacant possession they still insisted that they can only proceed with her case if she provides section 21 from the landlord.
My understanding is that the landlord is not obligated to serve her section 21 since she was never a named tenant, and I don't think he will. But without it council doesn't want help her. Can anyone please help with this issue, how to get council to provide her even temporary accommodation, she lived in this council for 6 years

It will all depend on the council. Each council has different policies.

As she’s under 25- see if there are any local charities that support homeless youth. for instance- Birmingham has St Basils.

She should contact Shelter for advice.

Hi

Sorry this sounds stressful.

Shelter can give relevant advice Inc about evictions and options.

https://england.shelter.org.uk/

Centrepoint is a youth focused charity "the UK's leading youth homelessness charity". They may be able to help with advice too

https://centrepoint.org.uk/

Best wishes

Worth her speaking to her school/ college/ uni too, they may have support from the pasterol side.

How long had she lived with her grandmother and why wasn't she living with her parent/s? Asking because the answer may affect the support she can get now.

She lived with her grandma for 6 years, her dad is in another country, her mum lives with her partner in a different town 2 hours away, she's currently a full time student and isn't working, so she can't support her daughter financially

I’d speak to the college. In the old days they used to have lists of places to lodge. My friends mum used to take term time lodgers from the local colleges.

Sorry to sound harsh but hasn’t she just become like every other student - she needs to take out loans to support herself untol she starts earning ? It’s sad that her grandma has died but she isn’t automatically entitled to take over her grandma’s rental so she has to fund her life like everyone else.

Can she flatshare with friends?
Surely her parents want to help a little? She’s grieving and facing homelessness fgs!

Transfer college course to a college near her mum’s and live with her mum is the obvious answer.

No, BTEC is an A level equivalent, you don't get loans for that. She's the equivalent of a sixth form student, expected to be supported by her family.
And you did sound harsh.

The ymca is where dds friend was housed via the council when his parents chucked him out for being gay, council were brilliantly actually and within 4 months he was rehoused from the hostel to a 1 bed flat, he’s still there 8 years later, but his school acted as his advocate.

It doesn’t matter if she wasn’t on the tenancy. The landlord can’t just kick her out. They would have to evict her in the normal channels unless it’s an over 55’s residence, when it becomes a little less clear, and there’s a case on this going through EHCR atm on this… Not that I am saying she should stay.

I am surprised as a student she’s received universal credit. She should contact her university and shelter for advice and support. She’ll need to take out a loan to pay for accommodation like other students.

she can't take a student loan as she's doing btec and btec is non advanced education and because she's also 18 she can get UC and study as long as she's in full time non advanced education and is 21 or under

she already spoke to her college, they said there is nothing they can help her with

she can't take out a student loan because she's doing btec, it's non advanced education

all her friends live with their parents. As I said her dad is another country and he is actually unemployed, her mum lives in another town and she's an adult student and also unemployment, so non of them can support her financially

CAYSH is a London charity that provides supported housing for homeless young people aged 16-25. Hope she gets help soon.

her mom lives with her partner and she's not working as she's a full time student, her partner is renting a one bedroom flat and pays for everything he also can't support one more person

My son got help from Citizens Advice recently. I hope someone who knows her (you?) can go and visit her and be around while she makes some of these calls?

Hang on, Anna has a baby?

She must not move out on the 17th, she must wait to be evicted. Then she will be homeless and in priority need. Until then the council won't help her.

She meant Anna's mum can't support her financially

This is horrific and how people fall through the net and end up on the streets. I have no personal experience of this, but couldn’t an urgent referral be made to social services at all? Isn’t she vulnerable if still in full time education? Would they be able to help her with getting a house share and claiming the right benefits?

My friend’s daughter’s friend (I know!) went through something similar when she was in college, my friend took her in for a short while whilst working with the college who worked with social services and she ended up in a temporary house share until she had her A-levels and then went to university.

DD had a house mate at uni who was in the foster system, once he moved to uni he was on his own with accommodation and living expenses but he managed, spent quite a lot of the holidays alone in the house and working in the uni city.

Perhaps she needs to quit college and get a job?