whatever you do don't give up the place that you're living in, keep paying the rent as per the original contract and get in touch with your local law centre and/or CAB and ask their advice. the simple fact of the matter is that as long as you are paying a fair rental amount for the property (in the eyes of a court) then the landlord will really struggle to evict you, at the bare minimum it'll take your landlord a couple of months to evict you and that's after they've given you initial notice to quit (which i think they haven't done yet from what you said). i was in a similar situation myself the year before last, my land lady wanted me out and i had nowhere else to go, i contacted the law centre and the local council and basically just refused to move out. i eventually got a council house and moved to where i am now, but that was nearly 9 months after she'd first told me to leave and she was still no closer to getting an eviction order. i moved simply because i had a much better house to move to. the law is pretty much on your side if you just decide to stay put where you are. i heard a story from a memeber on here about a situation where someone had moved into a property, paid a deposit and the first months rent and then refused to pay any more, the owner of the property took over 18months to get them out of his house. if you can show willingness to pay then just imagine how long you could potentialy drag out the eviction process. the other great advantage of that approach is that the council cant ignore you, they always end up involved with the whole process, so you end up with a name and a phone number of someone on the council who you can then ring up every day to remind them that you're stil looking for somewhere to live, they soon get annoyed with you and find you somewhere to live just to shut you up!
do everything within your power to not lose the roof over your head, being homeless isn't nice
stuart