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Re: Is your empty home secure!
Originally Posted by bobd22
(Post 9965926)
All that was said is there are various reasons including these and others for being homeless. By the way those truly abusing substances in my experience which is innner City Estates in the North east do not either function well or hold down steady jobs. Recreational drug/substance abuse by the better off in society is a different matter.
Social housing in the UK is in meltdown, just not enough of it and although folk get financial help with rent the housing stock is more and more in the hands of private landlords; some (like myself) are good guys but some really don't give a dam:thumbdown: I rent a couple of houses to folk who are out of work, my rules are simple, I'll keep the place in tip top condition and they don't wreck the gaff or upset the neighbours...worked so far, a bit of mutual respect works wonders. I dread to think what its like for younger folk in Spain where there is no state help and lets be honest Spain just does not have the money to start paying people; who'd have thought ten years ago that a country like Spain or Ireland would be on its knee's :( |
Re: Is your empty home secure!
Originally Posted by bob_bob
(Post 9965770)
Where was this? When I worked as a volunteer we found we could normally sort out housing benefit within 48 hours.
There also seem a few here who seem to associate mental illness and alcoholism with being homeless, something that is far from true; while there are some cases they are in the minority. In fact many folk with mental health/substance abuse issues hold down steady jobs and function well in society. |
Re: Is your empty home secure!
Originally Posted by Lynn R
(Post 9966517)
In Leicester - she was unemployed for 3 months, got JSA but nothing else and her Housing Benefit claim had still not been finalised by the time she got her new job.
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Re: Is your empty home secure!
Originally Posted by steviedeluxe
(Post 9966541)
I know someone here in London who got their eviction order started, because the hb office were dragging their feet (I believe the hb was awarded after around 3 months). It is apparently a deliberate "nudge" policy by the government, so that people who can find work do so instead of relying on hb.
I also understand HB is paid on a 28 day basis, not a calendar month, which upsets some landlords for some reason. |
Re: Is your empty home secure!
Many of the young teenagers that I dealt with from mid 90's on who were substance/drug abusers are no longer with us . Not all died from the abuse quite a lot end up taking their own life. Possibly through sheer desperation having not only destroyed their life but that of their families. In my opinion there is no greater evil than drugs in particular Heroin, and we should have a mandatory life sentence for dealers in heroin.
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Re: Is your empty home secure!
Originally Posted by bobd22
(Post 9966685)
Many of the young teenagers that I dealt with from mid 90's on who were substance/drug abusers are no longer with us . Not all died from the abuse quite a lot end up taking their own life. Possibly through sheer desperation having not only destroyed their life but that of their families. In my opinion there is no greater evil than drugs in particular Heroin, and we should have a mandatory life sentence for dealers in heroin.
Like you I have a history of dealing with youngsters who destroyed their lives and those of their family by abusing drugs and totally agree with you about the dealers. Rosemary |
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