aberdeen city council debts

[davidj007]

Hi i am in debt to aberdeen city council for non payment of rent because we just could not afford it. We also got hit with about a thousand pounds of overpaid rent and council tax because they lost a leeter we handed in a year ago about my earnings.They already take ten pounds off our benefits to pay that arrears but we just went in and tried to make an agreement to try and payoff arrears but the court person we talked to said its still getting logged in court because after we pay our rent, which is now an extra ten pound because they are taking 10 off our benefits which we then have to make up again whatis left of what we said we can afford to pay is only about a pound odd, but they will not accept anything less than five pounds a week before they make an agreement. Can they do that or are they stopping us from paying things off just to get more money. Please help.

[IdaInFife]

you said the court person? Have you received a court summons?

 

Who have you been trying to make an agreement with?

 

 

Have you attempted to make extra payment via your rent card or online?

[davidj007]

It was one of the council lawyers and we have not had a court summons yet. They have said we can pay our rent and that extra pound or so but unless we give them at least an extra five pound to the arrears they will still log us in court for proceedings.

[davidj007]

And we went into the council to try to make the agreement and got passed to their lawyer.

[IdaInFife]

Ok so some pre action is needed.

 

You would have recived a letter from the over payments team and it gives you the reference number that you can make payments too.

 

Can you realistically afford to pay anything other than the deduction already made?

 

You keep saying we, so i am assuming your a couple and both on benefits?

[davidj007]

I am on working tax credits and my partner gets child tax and child benefit. We really can't afford to pay much else really, we have more money going out than coming in usually

[IdaInFife]

so neither of you are working?

[davidj007]

I work 24 hours a week for minimum wage and my partner does not work at all she looks after our 3 kids

[Crocdoc]

Arrange an affordable plan through CAB in Aberdeen CAB, they are very good in these situations.

41 Union St Aberdeen AB11 5BN

01224 586255