Termination Notice

Ask what she's selling it for and make an offer if you can

You should have about 8 months notice.

Check the notice and see if it adheres to the fairly strict formula she has to use.

If not, wait a couple of months (or longer) appeal it to rtb and the clock starts again

Who are you going to fight? Is the landlady selling the house or has it been repossessed?

It's not a nice position to be in but I don't see that you have a real argument to be allowed to stay in the house. You paid your rent as agreed, it's not your fault the landlady wasn't using it to pay her mortgage, but it's not up to you how she manages her money. She is entitled to sell the property whether she has been paying the mortgage or not.

After ten years the prospect of moving must be pretty daunting. Make sure you get the correct notice, use the time to find another place. There's nothing stopping you from exploring options but I suspect that if you put your energies into fighting to stay, you'll lose.

Selling is a legitimate reason for termination of rental. But notice has to be given correctly or it can be disputed. See the good advice on post #5.

I'm not a landlord, never have been, but the fact is your landlady is not a charity and has every right to put your rent "in her pocket". And I can't see how using rental money to pay the mortgage can be called "a free ride". It's tough on you that she can't afford to keep the place. I'd start looking for alternative accommodation straight away, but check out if that termination notice is valid. The are several agencie/charities that can advise you on that.

That’s rough on you OP. Hope it all works out OK for you. BC

What did you want? That she rent to you as a hobby or some philanthropic exercise? As I said, it's irrelevant. Her property, her rental income, her right to use that income as she chooses. You need to direct your energy towards finding a new home rather than beating your head off a brick wall about something you can't change.

Could you move in with your mother if need be? Not an ideal situation, I'm sure, but better than sleeping in your car, surely...

It's none of your business if the landlord decides to squander the rental of her property, to invest in other properties or to flush the money down the toilet, or maybe she just wants to sell up. Once proper notice is given, she can do what she wants. It's not up to landlords to house you if they want out!

If you're on HAP, your local authority might consider buying the house and leave you in it. Mention this to your landlord, they might be interested.

I am sorry for the situation you are in, but I don't understand why you have high expectations from a stranger which is your landlord but you feel you can't move back in your mom's house when in fact you are her carer. The best way you can care for your mom is by living with her full stop no ifs no buts. You must manage your son whatever it is. A stranger owes you nothing.

In actual fact because of more people like @[Deleted User] there will be absolutely no accommodation for you to ever rent in future unless the state builds social housing. It makes no viable sense for a stranger like your landlord to buy and rent a house, unless they are nuts.

out of curiosity, could you explain to me how, or why?

I read your previous advice, its wrong, it will not serve them well, if they are issued a 'termination notice', it's deemed a termination notice, if its filed wrongly, the tenant needs to so something about it in the 90 days, otherwise the tenant loses the right to claim it on a technicality.

Do you think a landlord that has to sell their property for financial reasons would be doing it if it were financially viable to keep the property?

Perhaps they were paying rent in another property and subsidising it with the rent from this house, then maybe their landlord raised the rent and they didnt or couldn't raise the rent in the op property. Maybe they lost their job and could not claim HAP, as they own a house, unlike the op who can claim social welfare assistance. Perhaps the landlord has a sick relative and could not claim expenses from the government like welfare or medical card, which the op more than likely has.

You are clearly suggesting to stick it to the landlord as much as possible, without knowing anything about them other than what we are told currently, that they need to sell their house as they cannot service the mortgage.

The grounds that in the op view the landlord put the rent in her pocket instead of paying the mortgage... This is it. How dare the landlord a stranger to the OP do her own financial affairs how she sees fit.... She should instead pay mortgage to provide roofs for others.

They can only offset the interest against their tax.

So best case scenario at least half of the interest on the loan comes out of the landlords pocket.