Benefits Claimant Council Advice

Tenants who are claiming benefits are more likely to be advised to stay put, for they cannot be evicted until the Landlord obtains a court order and then appoints a Bailiff.

Nowadays there is a huge amount of resources and services that are readily available to tenants. Amongst these are Shelter, Legal Aid, Councils themselves, and Citizens Advice that are able and willing to assist the tenant’s “plight”. They have staff who are familiar with Tenant Landlord Law and will happily inform the tenants of their rights. In some cases, eviction is further delayed because innocent mistakes the Landlord has made are exploited for the tenants' benefit. Sometimes Tenants are incited to make accusations – such as the property is in disrepair, harassment, non-compliance with deposit protection process etc. In such circumstance, evictions may become a complicated court case and eviction can be delayed for months In this section we include possible steps that you can take to improve your situation to resolve rent arrears problems and to achieve a successful eviction.

Where a Benefits claimant is in Rent Arrears the Council are obliged to help the Landlord as follows.

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