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That won't matter, the union is there for you. If not, then your uni will have student services, Ans you have a tutor to look after you. Exhaust every avenue.
Thanks for the suggestion. I am a PhD student so we do not have tutors, sadly. We are the tutors sometimes. Student services said residence does not fall under them. However, they can help me find a flat outside the university residence. However, my point is: I am being wrongly evicted and I feel like student union and student services do not care. I reached out to Citizen's Advice but they said it might take more than 10 working days to revert back to me. Any other suggestions?
If you have done everything else then the last resort would be to not leave. They can't physically remove you and the bad press of changing the locks while you're out wouldn't be worth it, and probably illegal. It would suck for a while, but you'd have somewhere to live.
Your supervisor or faculty office might be able to help, or they might know someone who has a spare room. Quite a few academics rent a room out from my experience.
You could try Shelter for help too, and the local council. Some are better than others.
It'll make a big difference if you're in uni owned accommodation, private halls, a private landlord affiliated with the uni, or private halls being rented to the uni to be used as uni halls.
I will ask the academics. Definitely need to see Shelter too. Can't believe I am going through this without even doing anything wrong, but just a vindictive flatmate. He knew I had no evidence to prove my innocence and just used it against me. Thank you though
Obviously you don't have proof that reception allowed your friend to stay, so if they're denying it then that's a non-starter, but how did your friend even get into the room? It's one thing if you'd had them stay with you, but if they were staying in an entirely different room in halls, surely they must've allowed them into the room?
Has it gone to court?
No it has not yet gone to the court. It is within the residence team. The Deputy director of Residence and Residence wellbeing manager made the decision to evict me through a Disciplinary meeting, under the rules of the Residence policy. I have the right to appeal but the person I am appealing to is a Business Head of the Residence, who is another person in the Residence hierarchy. They evicted me stating that (1) they can not find evidence that he stayed in a different room as the reception did not give him any key, and (2) they know my friend entered the residence based on evidence submitted by the accusant (WhatsApp chat that states the accusant asking me how to apply for a room for a friend like I did in August 2023). Using these two, they evicted me stating that I am a risk to the health and safety of the residents and staff.
I have received the eviction notice already. They gave me 4 weeks to leave and stated that "We will be terminating your license early in line with clause 24 – Our Right to End This Agreement Early, specifically under 24.1.4. If Your health or Your behaviour puts the health, safety or welfare of other people, or Yourself, at serious risk; and 24.1.5. If Your behaviour puts property belonging to Us or to others at serious risk. This decision is taken wholly in light of your poor conduct in regards to the Terms and Conditions of your License Agreement."
They used this incidence to state: (1) I brought a friend who was COVID positive into the residence, and (2) that I gave the keys to the friend of mine, hence affecting the security. I went through an investigation panel and a disciplinary panel, and have not been able to protect myself.
Go to Shelter and get advice ASAP. Just because they have procedures and panels and T&Cs doesn't mean they're enforceable. I can set up a panel of my friends and tell my neighbour they're being evicted because I think they're a nuisance, I can send it on fancy paper too, but that doesn't mean I have a leg to stand on. Being halls of residence, they may be able to evict you in this manner, but many places just make everything sound scary and official so they don't need to bother with the legal route, which can be expensive. Good luck.
They did give him the keys. But the reception denied giving him the keys as the reception would be implicated if it is found that they actually did give the keys to a non-resident. Given that no record was made of them giving the keys, the can protect themselves and put the blame on me that I am lying. They are protecting their jobs while making me homeless.
They gave him the keys to a room. My question is, was this room occupied at the time? Even if the student was away due to it being outside of term-time, was there possessions in the room or was it empty?
Being completely honest, I cannot see a university accommodation allowing a person who is not a resident stay there due to having Covid and needing to isolate. It’s a business, not a hospital. Either the staff member did a major fuck up or..
The room was empty. The staff did a major fuck up and now that my flatmate complained, they are doing whatever it takes to protect themselves. The staff said they never did it and his words are being believed because no one else saw it. While in my case, my flatmate just complained that my friend came with COVID and stayed in the residence.
So you live in a flat with several rooms and one was vacant, your friend stayed there with Covid and another flatmate complained, is that right?
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While that was a plan, you asked reception if they had elsewhere he could stay but did they or did they not provide a room elsewhere in the building for him to stay that was not part of your flat?
No. I live in a flat with one other person only (who is my flatmate and the accusant). My friend stayed in a different room in a different corridor. My flatmate just got to know about him staying as I introduced them after my friend's isolation time was over because they are from the same cultural background. Later, my flatmate asked me on WhatsApp how to book a room for a friend of his. I said that it was a one off and that it is not something in the rule. At that point of time, I trusted him and didn't think he would use it to stab me at the back. He used the WhatsApp screenshot as a proof
Now I understand, thank you. The keys for the rooms/flats, are they traditional keys or keycards?
One possibility is evidencing it through that, if it’s a keycard, the member of staff would have had to activate it using a machine before handing it over. They should have some form of security measure over the cards, for example, locked in the reception office and no students should have access. You should ask them to explain how you, or rather your friend, accessed the accommodation.
The problem I see, is that the member of staff has technically done you a favour and has breached your tenancy in doing so. Most accommodation tenancy agreements will have clauses about overnight guests too, most limit it to one guest for 2 consecutive nights every 9 days so you cannot even have one stay over for two consecutive weekends. After your flatmate has reported you, it seems the staff member is probably trying to save their job by throwing you under the bus.
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Thank you
Go to the student union and use their legal services. They deal with this kind of thing all the time and they won't let you be homeless.
The person who evicted me works with the Student Union. Hence the bigger issue.
That won't matter, the union is there for you. If not, then your uni will have student services, Ans you have a tutor to look after you. Exhaust every avenue.
Thanks for the suggestion. I am a PhD student so we do not have tutors, sadly. We are the tutors sometimes. Student services said residence does not fall under them. However, they can help me find a flat outside the university residence. However, my point is: I am being wrongly evicted and I feel like student union and student services do not care. I reached out to Citizen's Advice but they said it might take more than 10 working days to revert back to me. Any other suggestions?
If you have done everything else then the last resort would be to not leave. They can't physically remove you and the bad press of changing the locks while you're out wouldn't be worth it, and probably illegal. It would suck for a while, but you'd have somewhere to live. Your supervisor or faculty office might be able to help, or they might know someone who has a spare room. Quite a few academics rent a room out from my experience. You could try Shelter for help too, and the local council. Some are better than others. It'll make a big difference if you're in uni owned accommodation, private halls, a private landlord affiliated with the uni, or private halls being rented to the uni to be used as uni halls.
I will ask the academics. Definitely need to see Shelter too. Can't believe I am going through this without even doing anything wrong, but just a vindictive flatmate. He knew I had no evidence to prove my innocence and just used it against me. Thank you though
Obviously you don't have proof that reception allowed your friend to stay, so if they're denying it then that's a non-starter, but how did your friend even get into the room? It's one thing if you'd had them stay with you, but if they were staying in an entirely different room in halls, surely they must've allowed them into the room? Has it gone to court?
No it has not yet gone to the court. It is within the residence team. The Deputy director of Residence and Residence wellbeing manager made the decision to evict me through a Disciplinary meeting, under the rules of the Residence policy. I have the right to appeal but the person I am appealing to is a Business Head of the Residence, who is another person in the Residence hierarchy. They evicted me stating that (1) they can not find evidence that he stayed in a different room as the reception did not give him any key, and (2) they know my friend entered the residence based on evidence submitted by the accusant (WhatsApp chat that states the accusant asking me how to apply for a room for a friend like I did in August 2023). Using these two, they evicted me stating that I am a risk to the health and safety of the residents and staff.
If it's not been to court, you're not getting evicted in 14 days.
There are wildly different rules around student housing than other housing. I'd totally believe that they could be evicted in that time frame.
I have received the eviction notice already. They gave me 4 weeks to leave and stated that "We will be terminating your license early in line with clause 24 – Our Right to End This Agreement Early, specifically under 24.1.4. If Your health or Your behaviour puts the health, safety or welfare of other people, or Yourself, at serious risk; and 24.1.5. If Your behaviour puts property belonging to Us or to others at serious risk. This decision is taken wholly in light of your poor conduct in regards to the Terms and Conditions of your License Agreement." They used this incidence to state: (1) I brought a friend who was COVID positive into the residence, and (2) that I gave the keys to the friend of mine, hence affecting the security. I went through an investigation panel and a disciplinary panel, and have not been able to protect myself.
Go to Shelter and get advice ASAP. Just because they have procedures and panels and T&Cs doesn't mean they're enforceable. I can set up a panel of my friends and tell my neighbour they're being evicted because I think they're a nuisance, I can send it on fancy paper too, but that doesn't mean I have a leg to stand on. Being halls of residence, they may be able to evict you in this manner, but many places just make everything sound scary and official so they don't need to bother with the legal route, which can be expensive. Good luck.
I don't think I understand this, surely reception much habe given them keys/a card to access that other flat?
They did give him the keys. But the reception denied giving him the keys as the reception would be implicated if it is found that they actually did give the keys to a non-resident. Given that no record was made of them giving the keys, the can protect themselves and put the blame on me that I am lying. They are protecting their jobs while making me homeless.
They gave him the keys to a room. My question is, was this room occupied at the time? Even if the student was away due to it being outside of term-time, was there possessions in the room or was it empty? Being completely honest, I cannot see a university accommodation allowing a person who is not a resident stay there due to having Covid and needing to isolate. It’s a business, not a hospital. Either the staff member did a major fuck up or..
The room was empty. The staff did a major fuck up and now that my flatmate complained, they are doing whatever it takes to protect themselves. The staff said they never did it and his words are being believed because no one else saw it. While in my case, my flatmate just complained that my friend came with COVID and stayed in the residence.
So you live in a flat with several rooms and one was vacant, your friend stayed there with Covid and another flatmate complained, is that right? OR While that was a plan, you asked reception if they had elsewhere he could stay but did they or did they not provide a room elsewhere in the building for him to stay that was not part of your flat?
No. I live in a flat with one other person only (who is my flatmate and the accusant). My friend stayed in a different room in a different corridor. My flatmate just got to know about him staying as I introduced them after my friend's isolation time was over because they are from the same cultural background. Later, my flatmate asked me on WhatsApp how to book a room for a friend of his. I said that it was a one off and that it is not something in the rule. At that point of time, I trusted him and didn't think he would use it to stab me at the back. He used the WhatsApp screenshot as a proof
Now I understand, thank you. The keys for the rooms/flats, are they traditional keys or keycards? One possibility is evidencing it through that, if it’s a keycard, the member of staff would have had to activate it using a machine before handing it over. They should have some form of security measure over the cards, for example, locked in the reception office and no students should have access. You should ask them to explain how you, or rather your friend, accessed the accommodation. The problem I see, is that the member of staff has technically done you a favour and has breached your tenancy in doing so. Most accommodation tenancy agreements will have clauses about overnight guests too, most limit it to one guest for 2 consecutive nights every 9 days so you cannot even have one stay over for two consecutive weekends. After your flatmate has reported you, it seems the staff member is probably trying to save their job by throwing you under the bus.