OK....so the tenant with whom I had an agreement has left. But one of his mates who was also living there (and with whom I had no agreement) remains in the flat.
He had said he would leave on Saturday, but now says that fell through and he has nowhere to go.
He's not paying any rent. He has no money.
He is, I guess, now a squatter.
The Tenancy tribunal says this is now a separate matter to my existing application for ending the tenancy as the tenant of record has now left and the tenancy is now over.
They say I must now file a new application for possession seeking an order for the squatter to leave. I'm not sure what good a piece of paper will do as I have already told him to leave...and he hasn't.
In the meantime, I discovered the tenant (who has now left) had changed the locks and I don't have a key. That person is now not responding to calls or texts requesting I be provided with a key.
I've filed a new application, but I'm not sure I can't just call the police. I might try it. Someone has effectively taken my property and won't give it back.