The housing action group called ACORN has been making this landlord’s life a misery.
The dispute involves Mrs Rafique’s refusal to return a £300 deposit to a woman who signed up for a room last December but then changed her mind.
The tenant enlisted the support of ACORN Sheffield. They initiated a systematic campaign against the landlord. One of these was:
An advent calendar, filled with notes demanding the return of the £300 deposit, was sent to Mrs Rafique, and neighbours have received leaflets describing her as a ‘dodgy landlord’.
The landlord claims ACORN has posted defamatory social media posts about the landlord and has left 46-year-old Mrs Rafique frightened to leave her house in Millhouse’s as a result of a ‘campaign of intimidation’ which has included demonstrations outside her family home.