Can't pay the rent, housing association no help
I have worked since age 16, paid taxes and National Insurance like everyone else does and worked really hard to support myself and my daughter. Recently I became ill and have been certified sick from work. I realised pretty quickly that this was going to be quite long term and that money would be an issue. I approached my local council and housing association telling them my situation and that I would not be able to afford the rent on my privately rented home. I asked if I could be considered for a housing association home as the rent would be cheaper and I would be able to manage for the time being on the sick pay I will receive.
The housing association told me that as I was adequately housed I would be on the bottom of the list, and that I should apply for housing benefit, which I was of course refused on the grounds that I had savings. Well fair enough I suppose. The problem I have is that I have now used up all my savings and can't afford next months rent. I went back to the housing association for some help and advice, and was again told to apply for housing benefit. This I have done, but apparently it will take from 8 to 12 weeks for a decision to be made and even then they will only pay around a third of my rent!
The housing association has said that I am still at the bottom of the list as I am currently adequately housed, and that to be considered sooner I need to be homeless. However, if I give my notice to quit to the landlord I will be considered as having made myself homeless, and will not qualify to be on the housing list for a certain period of time.
So the conclusion I have come to is that I have to carry on living where I am and stump up what I can here and there to try and pay the rent until the housing benefits are sorted out. I'll then continue to pay what I can to top up the housing benefit payment until my landlord evicts me for not paying the full rent, leaving with a debt and no hope of a good reference for the future.
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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The other 13 were very good. Whenever I had problems they all had them fixed within a week.
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the text had to do with my comment. I don´t iven know how I ended up on this page.
for me this is embarrasing. the out of context text I wrote is not a text its a set of taughts and emotions on paper.
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but I think that the person with a litle work with the in a perticilar context will obey fine.
the position is a´m afraid condemnation. the very human action of mankind some times sombody will experience. can be good and bad. if you have loyal faith in your teacher leader
you wil help your uneducated frend into a part of your leagacy work your soul human essence
he will be your servant your in disiplines a below worker. things can go bad can go good you are not evil wil not be in futille.
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You travel the world constantly mr siochain, moving from one place to another all the time.
Tell me, how are you funding this life style?
Do you stay in rental accomodation when you do this? This includes motels, hotels etc
If this is the case then you are relying on the existence of landlords to live your life.
Ever think about that?
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I cant help thinking of landlords because they have total power over humanity, when you buy a loaf of bread, you could be contributing to the wealth of hundreds of landlords and moneylenders, once humanity is educated with a knowledge related to the landlords and moneylenders, we will see them as the greatest threat,
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the real athair_siochain, - 27-Aug-10 09:13
You travel the world constantly mr siochain, moving from one place to another all the time.
Tell me, how are you funding this life style?
Do you stay in rental accomodation when you do this? This includes motels, hotels etc
If this is the case then you are relying on the existence of landlords to live your life.
Ever think about that?
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Go on continuing your life with your head up your ass.
You say you hate moneylenders and people that live off others contributions, yet live a life earning money from bank savings and pension paid by tax payers.
So yes, off you go you hypercrit and don`t ever come back again.
Thats an order!
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the real athair_siochain, - 14-Aug-10 07:06
Perhaps your comments are all considered inappropriate.
Maybe you should try sticking to the truth instead of making up lies about people to try and make it all seem so theatrical!
I have summed you up. I caught you out lying and we now watch you try and worm your way out of it. It`s very funny.
So how much profit have you made on your sale of second hand violins?
Are you still telling the kids they are brand new?
Shame on you!
By the way, I`m not in Eastern Europe. I`m in Singapore.
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the real athair_siochain, - 13-Aug-10 04:55
"most of the information I collect is going into a manuscript" beachsun river has been a great help, so much of what he has said over the years will make good reading. read the copied quote posted by beachsunriver,,,,, Shirl ---- john--- plus IDs galore , you have to pity the poor soul. it must be hard following me around the world,,, as I said before this thread is about greedy parasite landlords and I posted messages against them, beachsunriver is here to try to spoil . maybe he is behind razor wire, dreaming of becoming a landlord, you have to feel sorry for him, he should return to Eastern Europe, and stay there,,,,,,
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the real athair_siochain, - 13-Aug-10 04:37
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I thought you said you hated landlords. Yet in the "Landlord.com" forums you have actually admitted that you were a landlord?
So are you telling lies here or are you telling lies there?
Either way I think this proves once and for all that you constantly lie.
See below. I have copied for all to see!
athair_siochain
Registered: 03/05/10
Posts: 9
03/25/10 at 06:43 PM
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I have never told a tenant to leave they do have a 12month lease, I make it known to them they can stay till they get something better, one tenant has been in the house -- 11 yrs paid the rent two weeks in advance all that time, and the garden is great. one time he asked me if he could paint the bedrooms, I said yes and gave him the paint, it is more than 3yrs since I had a property vacant.I exchange greetings cards during the year, so we are all happy, so you have to understand how I feel when most of the landlords I know are ratbags, make jokes about the very people who pay to look after the LLs properties, my properties are well looked after, so we are all happy. that is the way it should be,,,,,I have been on many newspaper sites in the US over the years and I find a lot of articles on greedy landlords, so I assumed it was worse there than here in Surfers Paradise in Australia
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Another typical make believe statement from the man we know as Ass hair.
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Change the tune buddy!
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the real athair_siochain, - 4-Aug-10 08:14
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Not all rents have "rocketed to unreasonable levels" as you say. Not all landlords follow the other and hike up their rents to unreasonable levels.
You don`t know what every landlord charges so once again your statements are too broad. You don`t know the individual circumstances of all landlords so cannot comment on landlords as a whole. To do so would make you a complete fool.
By the way, I have never told you anything about my investment property. You don`t know if it`s a house, a flat, a farm or townhouse. I`ve never told you how much rent I collect for it either, yet you clearly state I rent out a shed for $350 a week.
If you have to make up a story to get support then it really shows that you have lost this debate.
How would you like it if I made up lies about you to get a reaction Asshair?
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The greed ,avarice and downright stupidity of landlords absolutely staggers the imagination in the current economic crises, these parasites continue to rape and plunder, rents have rocketed to unreasonable levels despite the current financial turmoil landlords never tighten their belt, unless it is around the neck of a tenant. all landlords are tarred with the same brush. when one greedy parasite puts up the cost of a roof over ones head the other greedy landlords follow suite,,,,,
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