Notice to quit private rented property

means nothing then legally!!

means nothing then legally!!

Not really true. Is it?

If the tenant is in a assured or other tenancy, the first step a landlord needs to take (in law) is to serve notice to quit.

Without that notice, a court will not accept a claim for possession.

she's just got a notice to quit under section 8 come in the post today

Either take the advice given by cgksheff in post 2: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8341822&postcount=2 or ring Shelter's free advice line: 0808 800 4444

There's lots of advice on the Shelter website: http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/renting_and_leasehold/private_tenancies

Unless all the details of the tenancy and the reason for the NTQ are known, its impossible to give you specific advice.

Not really true. Is it?

 

If the tenant is in a assured or other tenancy, the first step a landlord needs to take (in law) is to serve notice to quit.

 

Without that notice, a court will not accept a claim for possession.

Wrong. Read s.5(1) of the Housing Act 1988- below, with my underlining:

An assured tenancy cannot be brought to an end by the landlord except by:

(a) obtaining:

(i) an order of the court for possession of the dwelling-house under section 7 or 21, and

(ii) the execution of the order,

(b) obtaining an order of the court under section 6A (demotion order), or

© in the case of a fixed term tenancy which contains power for the landlord to determine the tenancy in certain circumstances, by the exercise of that power, and, accordingly, the service by the landlord of a notice to quit is of no effect in relation to a periodic assured tenancy.

If you go to Howden House and take the notice with you they have a duty to provide accomodation untill they investigate if you are 'intentionally homeless' if they establish that you were not intentially homeless then they will provide temparay accomodation untill something more permenant is provided however this is not always ideal accomoation and in some localities this has included B & B accomodation.

it might be worth trying private rented, some landlords will accept housing benefit and Robind may be able to help you with the bond.