Unreasonable landlord *warning long post*?
Cutting along story short, i lost my job last late October. All in all, it was on the cards anyway as things weren’t working out. I couldn’t look for another job at the time as i was forced to work 14-16 hour shifts.
I was out of work for two and a half months because of this and fell behined on the rent by those two and 1/2 months as a consequence. My landlord (who also happens to be my cousin) was very understanding about it and told me not to worry and pay back when i’ve got myself sorted.
Thanks to the recession the only jobs i could find back in November were two very small part-time jobs (two days a week, only about 3 hour shifts and crap pay…Basically this pays for my petrol, mobile credit, afew esstiental bills like Car Insurance and abit of food). However, I’m in major trouble with my credit card company as i can’t keep up with there payments.
Thankfully after major hunting about, i now have a yet another part-time job which has better hours and better pay (29 hrs and six days a week). This new job only kicked off mid last month and as a result my pay this month was only two weeks worth. I’ve had so many things to catch up with and pay for/back that i now have little left to spare :-S. The rent didn’t cross my mind as i knew my cousin understood the circumstances with me working 3 jobs to work things out with.
I’ve kept my landlord informed the entire way and haven’t covered up a thing, again i get told not to worry and theres no rush.
However, two days after my main job pay came in, i got this instant demand out of the blue for the two months rent i owe!!!! After i replied there was no possible way this could happen just yet, HE PUT UP THE RENT BY £100 (my rent is now nearly £500 for a tiny one bedroom bunaglow)!!!!
He is now on my back everyday demanding some rent WHICH HE KNOWS I CAN’T AFFORD!!! He is also saying that he needs to pay the mortage on the house i’m living in and at the moment he can’t afford it.
My question and main gripe is my cousins dad comes from a VERY wealthy farming background and could EASIERLY lend him money if he asked for it, wheres i come from a poor background where everyone is struggling to survive, so am i right in thinking my landlord is being completely unreasonable here and how should i deal with this granted that we’re a very close knit family and i don’t want to rock many boats?
Sorry not made myself very clear at the top, i was out of work for two weeks in Novemeber before i landed the small part-time jobs 
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