Hi,
I want to please appeal against the decition, in Mr. A. Knight's letter, from 16/3, where he writes that he wants to safe-guard my Housing Benefit, and send it to my Landlord directly.
But I consider myself to be a responsible person, and I think it's unfair that I should be patronised by Mr. Knight, in this way.
The arrears are due to that the Housing Benefit is lower than the Landlord operates with.
Also, the Landlord aren't fixing stuff which gets broken, so I've done things like electricity work, and buying a new washing-machine from Argos, which I've deducted from the rent.
(A disrepair-inspector have been here from the Council, but I haven't gotten anything in writing back, so I also send a copy of this e-mail to the Council Leader as a reminder of this, which I've sent about to the top of the Council before).
I think it's unfair that my reputation and name should be distroyed due to that the Landlord and the Council values the rent diffently, and then blames the arrears on me.
The Housing Benefit, was quite resently increased from £330 to £390 a month, but this has only been for a few months.
So the arrears that the Council and the Landlord blames from me mostly due to that the Housing Benefit was lower, in 2010.
So this process is a Kafka-process and a hoax, I'd say.
I admit to have capped of the Housing Benefit a bit, and only paid the Landlord £300 each four weeks, but that's due to that the Landlord don't do repairs, when things get broken in the bath-room, etc., so I have to do this myself.
The Landlord also lie about the garbage-throwing arrangement, (the bins are in the bin-store of Lady of Mann-restaurant, and says that the bins are accessable 24/7.
While they are only accessable when the Dale St. restaurant it open.
And one have to walk passed a group of people eating and drinking in the beer-garden, to throw ones litter.
So I don't think this Landlord deserves to get the whole rent, so I've capped it a bit, to punish them, for not doing repairs, etc.
Now, I'm aware of the Council disrepair-inspector, but I haven't been earlier.
But to patronise and safe-guard against me like this, I think is very unfair, because I think it could be bad for my reputation.
And I've been unemployed and haven't had much founds, so it hasn't been fun for me eighter.
I think it's unfair that I should be punished here.
Here it is a case where the Landlord don't fullfill their obligations, (which I've reported to the Council).
And I haven't even got it in writing, what the rent really is.
Since I haven't got a contract.
So to even speak of arrears, is a bit silly, I think, when it isn't certain what the rent is.
So this safe-guarding is a joke in my eyes, and I hope the appeal-commity will please over-turn this mistake from the Council.
Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
