Evicting

[GypsyGSD]

Elderly man 88 allows son to live move in with him son pension age, son then takes over completely changing everything including disposing of old mans things,changing cooker from gas to electric old man afaid to use , son completly ignores his father but tells family hes a carerer old man spends a lot of his time away from his home with a friend on his return over xmas the son pushes him and gets threatening old man wants him to leave but does not want police involved although the assult was recorded and pictures of buriseing taken this is a council property how do the old man go about getting son to leave x

[tonywiltshire]

I am assuming the elderly man is a Public sector tenant and the property is a local authority or housing association property, if the elderly man has been the tenant of the property for some time he will probably hold a secure tenancy. The danger is that when the son has resided in the property for a period as short as 12 months he can probably succeed to the tenancy if this is the first succession.
If the son is merely a visitor the elderly man can ask him to leave, which he is not likely to do from what you say. If the elderly man will not call the police regarding the alleged assault by the son he may have difficulty, my advice would be to ask the son to leave and if he will not call the police to report the assault and have the son removed.

[GypsyGSD]

Tk you for the reply the elderly man has been a tenant for 40 years, the family decided that the son could move in to help out but has done nothing the old man pays all the bills inc rent son gives nothing the old man is afraid to go home and staying with a friend and has done so for a few weeks Im not involved in any way but find this disgusting for a eldery gent to be treated like this I beli e the son just wants the tenacy x

[ubasses]

Has he spoken to the local authority if it is social housing. May find son is in breach of tennancy agreement and the housing association will do the eviction for him.

[cassa333]

If the son is himself a pensioner has he suddenly changed or changed over time?

Perhaps he has some form of undiagnosed dementia.

If there are other members of the family that are consernd then they should be stepping in to help the father. They should not be wasting time and leaving the safety of the father to someone else who may not come along.

[GypsyGSD]

I agree cassa the other family members should be looking out for there father but it seems to me as long as he is safe they dont want to no disgusting in my eyes I dont no about the son , the reason for my concerns is the personhe is staying with is someone I no well , the gent has gone to the housing this morning for advice and is thinking of given up tenancy to go into sheltered housing but y should he give up his home off 40 yrs

[rowanwitch]

Sounds like sheltered housing would be a good idea as his son won't be able to go with him. Any further abuse is more likely to be identified,

If you are sure the old man is being abused you can contact social services older persons teams and report the issue.

[themas]

If the elderly man actually stops living in the property & the landlord finds out, the tenancy may be terminated (but I think would need Court action to do so). Whether the son would have any claim on the tenancy depends on the circumstances but - based on what you say - it is unlikely he would tell the truth to the landlord so the elderly man might need to be willing to state the correct facts.

Probably far better if he goes into sheltered accommodation & voluntarily gives up the tenancy, leaving the landlord to deal with the son if he doesn't move out.