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News Council ‘holding up house sale’
APENSIONER says advice from Maidstone Council is preventing him from selling his home and en- joying his retirement. When landlord Howard Jobson
(69) gave his tenant – a benefit claimant – 60 days notice to leave the house in Redsells Close, Downswood, she said she would stay because the council had told her towait for an eviction notice. It left Mr Jobson, who looks after
his disabled wife Jacqueline (70) at their home in Barming, with no choice but to pursue a possession order through court. He said: “I want to sell up and
enjoy the last few years ofmylife but I can’t get my house because the
ment for prostate cancer. Steve Ellis, of estate agent ASM,
based in Tonbridge Road, said in the past two years his company had dealt with about a dozen cases in which tenants had been evicted after being advised by the council to stay. He said: “It is unfair on landlords
Howard and Jacqueline Jobson
council has told her to stay until she has been evicted. I can’t get my hands on my money to make my wife’s life better.” Mr Jobson, who was the landlord
of the former Royal George pub in Boxley Road and The Redstart Inn, Barming before going bankrupt, says his health is poor after treat-
Candidate joins dancers
HILTON Hall Dance Academy was joined by Conservative Par- liamentary candidate Helen Grant and Maidstone’s deputy mayor at the Hazlitt Theatre for their 20th anniversary perform- ance.
Dancers from the academy in St
Peter’s Street spent more than a month in rehearsals for their Déjà vu production, celebrating ballet,
contemporary, tap and Latin moves in three performances. Guests Helen Grant, who is hoping to retain her Maidstone and The Weald seat at the Gen- eral Election on May 7, and the deputy mayor Daniel Moriarty congratulated all the dancers, who are aged from two to 18, on the show and their signature moves.
Conservative candidate Helen Grant with Hilton Hall dance students. Picture: David White Photography
and poor advice for tenants because they still end up in temporary ac- commodation.” Buy-to-let investor FergusWilson
said: “The tactic adopted by Maid- stone Council of telling tenants to wait for the bailiff causes a very long delay, due to courts being over- whelmed after austerity cuts. “Very often it can delay the sale of a property for a year. Landlords,
having experienced this, take the view of ‘once bitten twice shy’ and will not accept further housing ben- efit tenants. “The tactic employed by Maid-
stone Council and all other councils in Kent is counterproductive in that it offers a short-term solution for the tenant but creates a long-term prob- lem due to the registration of a bailiff eviction ruining any future chance of private rented accommodation.” A spokesman for Maidstone Council said: “The council has a duty to provide advice to all tenants about their legal rights. This includes their right to occupy a property, if they wish, until a warrant for evic- tion is concluded.”
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