Sayo
Welfare Benefits Case-Worker, Maidstone Citizens Advice, Kent
Member since 02nd Nov 2004
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h.b and non-commercial agreement / contrived tenancy ?
Fri 31-Jul-09 12:23 PM |
a happy tail end to the week hello all
have a cl. : on 26/02/09 they moved in to accomm. ownrd by father / 3 uncles. the tenancy agreement stated the monthly rent is £600.00. however, when cl. father found out that h.b would only meet £121.15 pw, lha rate, he reduced rent to £484.60 per month (pm) which is £121.15 x 4, and less than £525.00 pm had he charged him the lha rate. cl. / father were called in to local authority (la) for meeting and subsequently : cl. appears not to have even paid father the full h.b he received toward rent for the period 22/02/09 - 08/05/09, ie : cl. received £1.248.11 h.b and father showed evidence of £1.096.00 rent paid. father stated it was no concern of la's what he would do if cl. failed to pay rent. cl. has appealed h.b decision re : non commercial agreement / contrived tenancy, and i cannot see how this can succeed given the above facts, ie : there didn't appear to be a legally enforceable term in the tenancy agreement because cl. father was not asking for the rent to be paid, and reduced this to less than the lha rate.
any ideas or thoughts greatly appreciated ...
pete
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