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You need to have the title deed to sell the house. You also need to first offer it back to the municipality before you can sell it.
Make a sworn, signed, certified affidavit at the police station about how and when you bought the house and from whom, including the name of the daughter you paid and how much you paid for it.
There are two lease contract options: lease option and lease purchase.
It should be possible to come to an agreement about the payment of rental arrears, as well as to compel the landlord to repair the premises and refund you for repairs undertaken at your own expense.
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.