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Surely it can't be right to actively encourage people to get into debt, when there are so many people already in debt? All I need is a little help now to get myself over my illness and back on my feet before I can pay my way again. When I see some other single parents who have never worked and have council houses all paid for, I can understand why. I've struggled to stay out of debt and to provide for my little family and now I'm being punished because I've been paying my rent and have tried to do the right thing. I'm currently looking for a cheaper private rent but now I've spent my savings don't have a bond.
It's just not fair, through no fault of my own I'm going to get evicted, owe money and have a bad credit rating which means I'm going to need far more help in the future when all I need is some help for a few months until I can return to work and support us again.
Incidentally this is the same housing association that refused a friend of mine help when she wanted to move to an area with childcare and better public transport links so that she could return to work after being made redundant. They told her that wanting to return to work wasn't a good enough reason! Isn't the system just crazy?
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