Council Guarantee Bonds are useless

Reply to the comment left by “Jessie Jones” at “08/12/2014 – 16:39“:

I agree with the use of a separate document. I’d not had council tenants before and was not aware of this. Give this document to the council, signed by the tenant and keep a photo copy, so when you go in to see the council, you can show them the document when they don’t find it on their computer system !

This is the letter I used last (just swap out app. details)

Date: 18th Sept. 2014

Tenant Name,
Property Address of Tenant

Dear Sir/Madam,

To whom it may concern. I herby give my written permission for the council to discuss matters relation to my benefits claims to

Your Name
Your Address

Such communications can be via letter, phone or email.

Please keep a note of this permission on file so as not to cause a delay in dealing with queries.

Yours,

[Tenants Signature]

Tenants Name.

This is the form that I use…… (the format has changed when I copy and paste into here so feel free to copy and paste it into a Word document and format it accordingly).

Form of Authorisation

Licensee/Tenant:.…………..……………………………….……………………………………..…………

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I/We hereby expressly authorise my/our Landlord, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or any person or agent authorised by my Landlord, to request and receive information about my/our identities, credit histories, debts, housing histories (former tenancies), welfare benefit claims, and current and past employment.

I/We hereby expressly authorise all persons, organisations, agencies, companies, and authorities, to provide such information as is requested by my/our landlord, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or any person or agent authorised by my Landlord. In particular, I also request the Department for Works and Pensions, all local government departments, and any past, present or future employers, to give details of my address(es), including my current address, to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or its agents upon request at any time in the future.

Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, I/we hereby authorise my Landlord to share information about me/us with other agencies including tenant referencing companies, insurance companies, other housing providers, support providers, utility providers, debt collection companies, local authorities, Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office, the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, and other UK Government departments and agencies.

I expressly accept and agree to this authorisation being irrevocable and continuing beyond the end of my tenancy/licence/residency for the purpose of aiding in the tracing of debtors and debt recovery, or any other legitimate purpose.

Signed (Licensee/Tenant): ……………………………………………………. Date: ……………………

Witnessed by (signature) ………………………………………………………………………

Witness Name (print) …………………………………………………………………………..

Witness Address ………………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Date ……………………………………………………

Eh, that looks better than my form !

I’ll copy that, thank you very much 🙂

I just hope I don’t need to use it again, as all the people I’ve dealt with who do receive benefits are, well, more troublesome !

Hi All

I think it does not make a difference whether it is an HB or private tenant most of my tenants are HB but some are private and to be honest I have little or no problem until they no longer need or want the property maybe I have been lucky.

The biggest loss I ever had was from a man with his own business who used to boost about how much he was making.

The one HB tenant who was having trouble recently has Just phoned me to say her back payment has just been sorted out and she will be making arrangements to pay it into my acct.

I had another tenant just leave the property not perfect, been there over two years but with me about 3 years in total. so when you work out how much rent I have received against the few hundred to put the property right it worked out ok for me .

I like to meet my tenants and as long as I don’t think they have a drink or drug problem I am normally ok with the fact they are on benefit’s.

I do understand there is problems with HB tenants but there is just as many with private ones who work.