Hi everyone, I’m hoping I can get some direction from you?. I have been with my current landord for 30 years but due to the huge increases in rents in my area, he wants to put my rent up to £2200 per month, this is a £700 a month increase that I simply cannot afford. I have now been served with a section 21 and I haven’t a clue how I’m going to rent another property. I have enquired after several properties but despite having an immaculate credit history, glowing landlord reference, character references, 12 months rent in advance and a guarantor, I’m being refused because I’m reciept of PIP!. I’m at my wits end! I only have 7 weeks left to move out!. I’m being treated with such distain by agents, it’s soul destroying!.
Speak to your local authority who will have a duty to house you if you become homeless. It wont be the best accommodation so keep trying to find a private rental.
Thanks for responding, I do appreciate it. I’m already booked to see them in the morning, which has been a 2 month epic in itself. I’m just deflated that agents refuse to look past the disabled/unemployed part of my applications. My landlord has been patient with me and gave me a year to find somehwere, even given me a glowing reference beforehand to help me. I don’t blame him for the increase in rent. I’m paying well below what it should be. I was just hoping there was a trick I was missing when it comes to dealing with letting agents.
Letting agents are judged by their clients, the landlords, on the suitability of tenants they bring to them. This causes agents to have fixed ideas in their minds about what kind of tenants they should refer to their clients. You should try openrent properties as then you are dealing with landlords directly who might be more open to you. PIP is kind of irrelevant as it isn’t means tested so indicates nothing, you could be a billionaire and still get PIP. Its only relevant in so much that it makes up a part of your total income available to pay rent with.
Unfortunately Landlords are more careful than ever due too be stung by more and more tenants in recent times, I would present your bank statements of 30years as a indicator and as for pip it can be taken away , I know as I get it and if you could get a guarantor that would help.
I ask between 30-34x monthly rent ie £1000pcm needs a total income of 30k plus and as a guarantor same plus 6k but also I take the tenants character and sometimes I’ve used my judgement and had really good tenants who haven’t made the 30x but are salt of the earth types .
Good luck
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