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If you need legal support and advice now, call our team today on 0207 624 4327
Our experienced team can support you with the following legal challenges related to your rent:
Tackling poor housing conditions, where there is a serious risk to the health or safety of you or a member of your family, because of disrepair or defects in your home.
If your landlord has given you written notice that they want you to leave or has started court proceedings to get possession of your home.
If your landlord has illegally evicted you or if you need to apply to the court for an injunction to stop your landlord or somebody else harassing you in your home.
To challenge a decision of the council, if you have applied or attempted to apply to them for help because you are homeless and they have made a decision that you disagree with.
Please read the important information below before contacting our team.
Important Information
Before we can support you, we need to check you are financially eligible for legal aid. When you first meet our team we will ask you to bring evidence of your income. This would be your most recent pay slips, benefit letters or other evidence. We will also ask you if you have any savings.
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If your problem is not one listed above, or if you are not financially eligible, read about our other services below
We also offer the following services
Getting rent back from your landlord
Many tenants aren’t aware that they can claim back up to 12 Months rent from unscrupulous landlords. This is called a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) and can be applied for if:
the landlord has harassed or illegally evicted you; or
s/he has not complied with local authority orders, such as an order to do repairs; or
you are living in a home that should have a property licence but the landlord has not obtained a licence
Getting your tenancy deposit back
As well as getting your deposit back, you may have a claim for up to three times the deposit amount if:
the landlord did not protect your deposit in a Government approved scheme within 30 days of receiving it
s/he did not give you information about your deposit which the law requires
Benefits and General Advice
We are here to help you cope with other aspects of your life as well, that may have an impact on your housing including:
Welfare and benefits
Financial Issues
Health and Wellbeing
We also work closely with health providers who are encouraged to refer patients to us through a system called social prescribing.
Many of these services are provided by us from Brent Community Hubs. You can find the details here.