Social Housing for a Non Paying Tenant

Rent Arrears

After a S21 notice I now have my Order for Possession from the court. Bailiffs are awaited. The tenants have now stopped paying the rent. They got progressively worse at paying until I got a managed payment to the landlord (MPLT) for Universal Credit. Their claim got interrupted for some reason so I've lost a month. But I have it reinstated and my next payment is due imminently.

Does anyone know what the position is with the Council and Housing Associations with regards to these people getting housed if they have deliberately not paid their rent? Obviously S21 is the so called 'no fault' route so now that they has a Order for Possession notice the eviction is not confirmed as being their fault. But how do Councils and HAs view a tenant who deliberately stops paying the rent in between the Order of Possession and their removal by bailiffs. They will have rent arrears and a CCJ if I try and enforce it. It obviously shows signs that they are a bad tenant. After emergency accommodation will this stop them getting on to housing lists, or put them further down the list of priority?

I am considering going down the MCOL route just to give them a CCJ just so they can't get housed because they are deliberately not paying me.

Is it worth calling the council's housing department and letting them know so they prompt the tenant to pay their rent up to date?