Freeholder/landlord making my life a misery

[AnnO'Neemus]

Where can I go for help/advocacy support? The housing association that owns my flat are literally making me mental.

I'm a leaseholder, so Shelter won't help as they help tenants.

I have a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome and have longstanding mental health problems, which are exacerbated very badly by problems with the housing being fuckwits. Autistic support services all seem to be aimed at children/parents of autistic children.

I really need an advocate/support worker, but am struggling to find a suitable service. I've called care worker agencies, but they only offer practical/personal care type support, no advocacy work.

I've just spent a week in a mental health crisis unit and am due to go home tomorrow, but the problem hasn't gone away.

Help?!?

 

[hitmouse]

Where are you based? If you're in London, it might be worth contacting London Renters' Union, or Living Rent if you're in Scotland - again, both are probably skewed toward tenants, but maybe they'd be able to help?

 

[two sheds]

Any legal help included in your house insurance?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Where are you based? If you're in London, it might be worth contacting London Renters' Union, or Living Rent if you're in Scotland - again, both are probably skewed toward tenants, but maybe they'd be able to help?

Manchester.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Any legal help included in your house insurance?

I don't have any house insurance, nothing worth robbing!

 

[hitmouse]

In that case, you could try Greater Manchester Tenants Union (as the name suggests, pretty tenant-focused but they might be able to help) or ACORN Manchester? Hopefully one of those might be able to help. Perhaps even Manchester Solidarity Federation if neither of those two work out?

ETA: here's an ACORN contact form.

 

[nottsgirl]

What are they doing specifically? Hard to advise without details. And where do you live, may be an advocacy service locally that people know of, understand if you want to keep that private.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Home - The Leasehold Advisory Service

Government funded, independent advice for residential leaseholders and park home residents

www.lease-advice.org

are the independent but government funded specialists on leasehold (in england at least - understand it's completely different in scotland) - they do telephone / e-mail advice but don't take on case-work / advocacy

citizens advice may be able to assist (although it's a bit specialised) and / or may be able to refer you to another local organisation

or Home - Greater Manchester Law Centre – Greater Manchester Law Centre

depending on how big the housing association is, there may be some sort of tenants / leaseholders' group of some sort. i'm a council leaseholder and there used to be a leaseholders' group that met a couple of times a year, although i've not heard from them recently

 

[SheilaNaGig]

In that case, you could try Greater Manchester Tenants Union (as the name suggests, pretty tenant-focused but they might be able to help) or ACORN Manchester? Hopefully one of those might be able to help. Perhaps even Manchester Solidarity Federation if neither of those two work out?

ETA: here's an ACORN contact form.

I probably need a London equivalent.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

I probably need a London equivalent.

There isn’t (yet) a branch in Lambeth but this looks really good.

Thanks for the headsup hitmouse

 

[hitmouse]

I probably need a London equivalent.

This'd be the main one:

Member Solidarity

Member Solidarity

londonrentersunion.org

Although depending on where you are in that London there might be others: Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth are meant to be mint if you live in Southwark or Lambeth, probably less useful if you don't.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Where was that thread about local left uprising

Needs to be a sticky

 

[hitmouse]

There isn’t (yet) a branch in Lambeth but this looks really good.

Thanks for the headsup hitmouse

Oh, crossposted there, but yeah if you're in Lambeth definitely have a look at HASL - this is their "wot we did in 2020": HASL’s 2020

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Where can I go for help/advocacy support? The housing association that owns my flat are literally making me mental.

I'm a leaseholder, so Shelter won't help as they help tenants.

I have a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome and have longstanding mental health problems, which are exacerbated very badly by problems with the housing being fuckwits. Autistic support services all seem to be aimed at children/parents of autistic children.

I really need an advocate/support worker, but am struggling to find a suitable service. I've called care worker agencies, but they only offer practical/personal care type support, no advocacy work.

I've just spent a week in a mental health crisis unit and am due to go home tomorrow, but the problem hasn't gone away.

Help?!?

This sounds awful.

Falling through the cracks is so shit.