UC Housing Element evidence requirements

kiny333

Hello everyone and good morning.

I'm sorry for the long post, but please could anyone kindly advise in a straightforward way what evidence I will require for the Housing Element of UC when I begin my managed migration in a few weeks time?

For background, I have lived in the same private rented house for the last 18 years, and have been on a periodical tenancy since 2010 when the last tenancy agreement I received expired. It ran from 29th of November 2009 until the 30th of May 2010. I have had no further tenancy agreements.

I believe this tenancy agreement is still valid for UC purposes? Is this correct? Also, although the dates of the 29th of November 2009 until the 30th of May 2010 are clearly stated on the tenancy agreement, I notice it wasn't signed and dated by both myself and the letting agents until the 16th of December 2009, some 17 days later. Will this be an issue?

Further, my letting agents changed in 2021 from "Thomson & Partner" to "Property Shop". Property Shop remain my letting agents and my current Section 13 notice of rent increase was issued and signed by them in July last year, 2024.

Obviously, now, my letting agents are different, so the letting agents details on my tenancy agreement from 2009-2010 and my current Section 13 notice of July 2024 are different and so do not match up.

In essence, what I am asking is what I will need from my current letting agents, Property Shop to satisfy the requirements for UC? I, obviously have my tenancy agreement and Section 13 notice, but with the details not matching up, what else will I need to supply? What should I ask the letting agents, Property Shop for?

I hope what I have written makes sense and that someone could kindly advise me on this please?

I'm finding all of this extremely stressful and I'm just trying to get things in place and be as ready as I can be to begin this managed migration.

Thank you, so much for reading.

OverlyAnxious

Hi,

I had a similar situation, same property but change of landlord and rent costs.

I only provided the latest rent increase letter and never heard any more about it, so that must have been accepted ok in my case.

kiny333

Thanks for the input, OverlyAnxious. I haven't had a change of landlord, just a change of letting agents, so slightly different circumstances.

My landlord remains the same and has done for the last 18 years. It's just a different letting agents that manage the property I live in.

I'm due to migrate soon, so trying to find out exactly what I'm going to need.

Thanks, again for the input though.

OverlyAnxious

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1022252#Comment_1022252

You're welcome. Both landlord and letting agents changed at the same time in my case.

kiny333

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1022257#Comment_1022257

Ah, right, ok.

I'm just trying to get some definitive information really as I haven't migrated yet so this will be my first time dealing with the UC Housing Element and I really need to get it right. The stress of it all is already making me ill.

It just seems so hard to get the right information. So stressful, sadly.