Re: Social Welfare Tenants
Hi i find this helps, Insist that you fill out a standing order form when signing the lease with them which they will then give to the health board, get weekly payment not monthly. They can cancel direct payment to you at any time and revert back to a cheque sent to them (meaning you may not get your last month payment as they can keep it so as to use the deposit against rent) It is their payment not the landlords, they do not have to have it directly send to your bank account but most tenants will do this if insist on it being part of the rental aggreement. Be prepared for sob stories every time their supplement is reduced or there schemes change or their child benefit changes or the classic, their boyfriend (whom you knew nothing about) has lost his job etc. and they cant pay their part of the rent Im sorry to say this but in my experience this is what happens. You could be lucky and get a gem. They do exist. My heart is broke with the amount of hassle Im having with some rent supplement/social welfare tenants. They just do not take you seriously at all no matter how good a landlord you are. Also Double double check there are no bills in your name, they will not be paid. And can change them back to your name at any time. This trick cost me a grand in gas bills and disconnection charges (took them 9 months to get cut off) plus there were other small bills luckily not in my name. All this after they had kept the last months rent. Nothing you can do really unless you want to try and sue. Good luck! Not everyone is the same tho. I hope your luckier.