Sue’s Story
amount of time sleeping on friends sofas, known as sofa surfing, but it was long enough to realise she was at real risk of ‘slipping through the net.’
Home Turf Lettings Scoops Prestigious Award
Home Turf Lettings, DHI’s social lettings agency, has scooped Letting Agent of the Year award at the Bath Property Awards 2021. Home Turf Lettings is a not-for-profit social enterprise specialising in letting affordable, private accommodation to tenants on low incomes and in housing need. Home Turf Lettings have housed over 300 people who would have […]
Simon’s Story
“At my lowest point, I felt like the saddest man in the world. My son had been taken from me, I was living an isolated life in a tent in the woods. I was drinking. I was using heroin. I was thinking seriously about taking my own life. “I spent two months in that desperate […]
Will’s Story
Will found himself coming to the end of his stay in temporary accommodation with no further accommodation forthcoming for him. Due to his age, he was only eligible for the shared room rate for LHA, which left few housing options. Will had lost both of his parents before adulthood, and so didn’t have a support […]
The Beehive
BANES Drug and Alcohol Service About the service We have been helping people in Bath & North East Somerset with drug or alcohol issues since we were founded in 1999 and have helped thousands of people in that time. Our service is based out of two main locations: The Beehive in central Bath and The […]
Rob’s Story
“My marriage breakdown meant that I suddenly became homeless shortly before my 51st birthday with just a bag of clothes, my work clothes, and no money. For two nights, I slept on a camp bed in the night shelter in Bath, before getting a small room, and then other temporary accommodation. Having access to a […]
Right to Rent Immigration Checks
Landlords are responsible for checking a prospective tenant’s immigration status and their consequent ‘right to rent’ private residential accommodation. These checks apply to all new tenancy agreements in England since 1st February 2016 and apply to all occupants over 18 using the property as their main home. If a tenant only has a temporary right […]
Preventing Retaliatory Evictions
Preventing Retaliatory Evictions Tenants in England are protected from eviction in the case that they have recently raised a legitimate complaint about the condition of their home. Tenants should be able to report an issue to their landlord and even involve their Local Authority to resolve a repair issue without the fear of being evicted. […]
Homes Fit for Human Habitation
Things have come a long way since the Housing Act of 2004, which didn’t require landlords to remedy a defective property unless the local authority demanded it. Tenants now have much more power in holding their landlord accountable for failing to provide safe and hazard free accommodation. The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, […]
