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You can lay a complaint against him at the rental housing tribunal and also against the estate agent who tried to evict you illegally.
A landlord cannot cut off a tenant's electricity even if he is in arrears with rent. You need to apply for an eviction order from the court.
You can check the meaning of your housing allocation status code in the table below.
The Community Schemes Ombud Service is there to regulate the way parties within community schemes behave.
Now that the money has been paid, you can’t reverse the sale of the shack.
The municipality has to rectify the issue, but you will likely need to settle the bill pending resolution of the dispute.
If your mother and father divorced, they would each be entitled to 50% of the joint estate created by being married in community of property.
The divorce order, which is binding on both parties, does not in itself vest ownership in the other spouse, although it does create the right to enforce transfer.
"In allocation" means that the provincial Allocation Committee is in the process of deciding who should be allocated a house and you are among the applicants being considered.
Start by laying a complaint with your provincial Rental Housing Tribunal to hold the management to account.