2 Weeks Arrears
A letter will be sent to you confirming the arrears.
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3 – 4 Weeks Arrears
A Member of staff will visit you at home, discuss your income and any Housing benefit Claim. If you are responsible for paying the rent they will make an arrangement with you to pay of the arrears.
4 – 5 Weeks Arrears
Issue Notice of Seeking Possession
This is a legal document and is the first stage in the process Arena will take to repossess your home. A Notice of Seeking Possession is valid for one year from the date issued. However, if you pay the whole debt the Notice will be cancelled.
If you don’t act now you will end up in court and your debt will increase.
6 Weeks Arrears
If you have not made any contact or do not have an arrangement in place or have failed to keep to your agreement a further home visit will be made to discuss your financial situation
8 Weeks Arrears
If you have failed to make any contact or not made an arrangement to reduce your arrears you will be visited at home in preparation for Court Action
10 Weeks Arrears
An application will be made to the County Court to fix a date for a Possession hearing.
Court Hearing
You will receive a Summons from the County Court informing you of the date and time you will need to attend. At the hearing Arena will ask the judge for an order dependant upon your payment history. This could be a postponed possession Order if an agreement has been reached or an outright possession order if agreements have not been kept to. You will also have the court costs added to your rent account.
If you do not adhere to the court order an Eviction could be applied for.
If you are Evicted you could be deemed “intentionally homeless” and find it very difficult to secure somewhere else to live. Arena has no duty to re-house you.