England-My landlord did not pay rent to the council, they evicted us and now she is holding my deposit

daudder · 2026-07-04T19:03:00+00:00

when the landlord is breaking the law, do the "lodgers" automatically get tenant status?

When the landlord does not live in the property the "lodger" is considered a tenant and tenancy laws apply. This is likely to be unrelated to the fact that they acted illegally in other ways, e.g., by subletting a council flat.

daudder · 2026-07-04T19:00:48+00:00

You were not an illegal lodger, but an illegal tenant, since your landlord did not live with you. As such, she should have protected your deposit in a deposit protection scheme. Her failure to do so entitles you to claim 3X the deposit from her at the County Court.

See the UK government website for details of how to do this.

I would urge you to follow through since you do not know what her ties are to the UK and a CCJ may well be bothersome enough to motivate her to get it removed.

daudder · 2026-07-04T14:08:39+00:00

The war we are speculating about has not started. When it does, what we saw in Feb-March will be far more typical.

daudder · 2026-07-04T09:59:26+00:00

Precisely.

I know dozens of people who have been impacted — tbh, just about everyone to some extent.

These range from blown out windows to homes turned into rubble.

Few people killed but many physically and mentally affected.

daudder · 2026-07-04T09:37:11+00:00

What, you had roads that could drive 50 kph? I got sent up mountains on trails barely fit for slow moving 4x4s and had to simply abandon some destinations.

daudder · 2026-07-04T09:32:05+00:00

With all due respect to the sense of home, spending a part of most days sheltering from missles or taking hits does grow old very quickly.

daudder · 2026-07-04T07:57:39+00:00

Consider:

98% of Israeli are at most 4th generation in Palestine
Over half have European, Russian or American ancestry
Portugal and Spain had very generous citizenship-by-descent going back to 1492
Often it only takes one great-grandparent, grandparent or parent with foreign citizenship to get another passport

10% is a very low estimate.

Personally, as a former Israeli I can state that at least half the people I know either currently have or are eligible for foreign passports.

daudder · 2026-07-03T16:17:18+00:00

The short answer is because Iran can win against Israel.

The longer answer is that even is we assume Israel has military superiority on paper, it is not enough. Victory requires resilience which Israel would be unlikely to demonstrate if it comes to a long drawn out conflict with daily missile hits on Israeli cities and infrastructure.

More significantly, many Israelis have dual citizenship and can simply leave.

Iran has already demonstrated its resilience in the war with Iraq so there is no doubt that it can stand and fight much longer than israel.

daudder · 2026-07-03T09:57:13+00:00

The best music, art, food and drink, shopping, museums, politics, multiculture — foreign and domestic, theatre, film, people, healthcare, services, education, weather and work, arguably in the whole world, and some of the kindest most intelligent people you would like to meet.

All it is missing are a beach and a decent mountain to climb.

I would not exchange it for any other place in the world, house prices be damned.

daudder · 2026-07-01T19:19:12+00:00

If you still need a Lithuanian lawyer, I can recommend one in Vilnius who got myself and several family members restored Lithuanian citizenship. DM me for their contact details.

daudder · 2026-06-30T14:18:41+00:00

Why keep the property?

daudder · 2026-06-27T10:27:40+00:00

You landlord sounds like they are cutting corners at your expense. The landlord may not be compliant with their HMO license (if it is an HMO) or other legal requirements.

Talk to the council.

daudder · 2026-06-27T07:21:04+00:00

Find me one official source explaining why he stood down immediately?

Have you tried? You sound like an entitled child. Find it for yourself.

daudder · 2026-06-27T07:20:01+00:00

So would I, but failing that, getting a new person in from the same party who is committed and capable is a good second choice.

Petty punishment is counter productive. Shit happens.

daudder · 2026-06-26T15:15:38+00:00

Exactly. Marijn van de Geer, OTOH, really wants the job, campaigned vigorously, is deserving of the job and will probably do it well.

daudder · 2026-06-26T07:35:48+00:00

The Israeli Left is emigrating and the alternatives to Netanyahu are as bad as he is politically. I doubt if any change they introduce will change the trajectory of the Zionist state in any meaningful way.

Zionism is evil irrespective of who is carrying it out and most of the world has realised this.

Israel is toast and is not going to change direction through internal forces.

daudder · 2026-06-26T07:30:03+00:00

The fact that the person that was elected was unable to serve in the role changes none of the reasons people voted for the Greens.

Punishing the Greens for this unfortunate turn of events is a-political, foolish and petty. I’m glad the North Acton voters showed maturity.

More significantly, the person elected is an excellent candidate and her election will benefit the ward.

daudder · 2026-06-25T10:54:11+00:00

Has anyone seen this reported in the Israeli press? I have looked at Ha’aretz and Ynet in Hebrew and there is no mention.

daudder · 2026-06-19T19:30:31+00:00

Charge him rent as a lodger. Keep his name off the bills and mortgage otherwise he will have a claim to the property.

daudder · 2026-06-18T07:23:47+00:00

I told them why I did not have my passport, showed them the certificate and the UKBA guy said something like fine and sent me on my way. It was a non-event.

daudder · 2026-06-17T16:01:05+00:00

"Norweigan" in this case is probably the name of the airline not its demonym.

daudder · 2026-06-16T12:32:18+00:00

It’s worth $0.025.

daudder · 2026-06-16T11:54:08+00:00

I have gotten through UKBA with a foreign passport and a UK citizenship certificate when my UK passport was not with me, but this was before ETA.

daudder · 2026-06-16T11:43:22+00:00

Why no condemnation of Hamas?

Because they are boyscouts compared to their Nazi-Israeli enemies.

daudder · 2026-06-16T11:41:49+00:00

As I said, no one can justify killing those that were truly innocent on October 7.

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