Landlord responsibility to notify LA of new tenancy?

Landlord responsibility to notify LA of new tenancy?

9:48 AM, 2nd August 2022, About 2 years ago 25

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Can anyone advise, please? I had a new tenant move in some time ago. I advised the tenant that he had 4 weeks to notify the Local Authority of his responsibility for Council tax.

However, he has only managed to pay for some months’ council tax and not others.

Unfortunately, I did not notify the Council of the new tenancy. He fell into arrears and the Council are taking me to Court for unpaid Council tax!

Was it my responsibility to notify the Council of the new tenancy?

Can the council pursue me for the tenant’s non-payment?

Many thanks

Philip


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John Mac

8:19 AM, 8th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Sue Winstanley at 07/08/2022 - 19:49
No we are not, passing on Tenants details for legitimate reasons is perfectly fine.

If you read your AST there should be a clause that explains this.

Sue Winstanley

11:01 AM, 8th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Thanks. Strange, the LA have never insisted.

Seething Landlord

18:19 PM, 8th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Sue Winstanley at 08/08/2022 - 11:01
Regardless of what the landlord or anyone else has told them they always send a letter addressed to 'the occupier" when they are aware there has been a change.

Chris H

23:38 PM, 8th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 02/08/2022 - 13:25
If you infom the council at the time, they take it at face value, if you do not and the tenants doesn't the council requires a higher degreee of proof such as the tenancy agreement

Ian Narbeth

11:25 AM, 9th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Sue Winstanley at 07/08/2022 - 19:49
Sue there is no bar under GDPR or otherwise to writing to the Council to say that on X DATE Mr Tom Brown and Ms Alice Wonderland moved into ADDRESS and asking them to invoice them at that address.

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