Housing

Case Study:

Mr A had lived with his family in a rented property for 2 years when his Housing Benefit came up for review. He experienced difficulty in securing evidence from his employer. As a consequence, his Housing Benefit was cancelled and his landlord began to harass him for his rent, phoning him at all hours of the day and using threatening and abusive language.

This escalated to a brick being thrown through the window terrifying the family. A few days later Mr A was then phoned at work by his wife to say that they had been locked out of the house. We contacted the landlord explaining the illegality of his actions and the potential consequences of his actions should he not let the tenant and his family back into the property immediately.

With no response from the landlord we sought alternative accommodation for the client, meanwhile securing legal aid to obtain an injunction from the County Court to compel the landlord to let Mr A and his family back into the property. Mr A and family were restored to the property and the Court awarded damages and costs to him in order to compensate him for the landlord’s behaviour.