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goldenwonderuk1

Hi all just wondering if you can help ease my brain. Im really scared and panicking that i have recently been given 2 weeks to move out and i will be homless i have a 2y0 daughter and im very scared.... i got some advice and they told be to get down the local coucil which i will do in the morning but they also told be they maybe put you into a hostel .... this is what im worried about as i want the best envoirment for my daughter and dont wanna be around drunks and drugies .... Hope you understand does anyone know how long you are in these places ... also where else they can put you ... thanks so much guys. any info will help

Caz3121

There was some info on your post last night about private lets. Surely if you are homeless, temp accommodation, whether it be a hostel or other would be better than being on the street. Councils do not have an abundance of flats available waiting for people to need them but many have temp accomnodation that is not hostels. Someone I know ended up with their husband and 2 young children in a B&B type hotel for a few weeks and then got a temp house for about a year until they got their own council place but each council will be different.
Is your partner not going to be moving with you?

skintandscared_2

Where are you living that you only get 2 weeks notice to leave?! Surely it should be at least a month (not long, I know, but every day counts!)

goldenwonderuk1

but can i refuse a hostel ?

skintandscared_2

It probably depends on why you've been chucked out of your current place and what is available at the time you are homeless. If a hostel is literally ALL that is available (probably only for a short time) and the only other option is sleeping rough, there isn't much alternative. Why were you evicted?

goldenwonderuk1

i dont need to tell u personal stuff sorry all i wanted to know is the above question.

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if thats all thats avaliable then no you cant refuse it(unless you want to be homeless)have you contacted shelter for advice?

sulkisu

goldenwonderuk1 wrote: »

but can i refuse a hostel ?

You can refuse whatever you want, but they don't have to offer you an alternative. If that is all that they have available and you choose not to accept, you will then have to find your own accommodation.

skintandscared_2

Okay, I will phrase that differently. If you have done something to make yourself "intentionally homeless" (i.e. done something to break the rules of wherever you are living - which I can only assume happened, as you've been given just 2 weeks notice) then you basically don't have a lot of choice when the council re-house you. If it is a choice of a hostel or the local bus station bench until they have a flat or something available, then what will you do?

dodger1

goldenwonderuk1 wrote: »

i dont need to tell u personal stuff sorry all i wanted to know is the above question.

If you supply all the information you are more likely to get the correct answer. You're two weeks notice to vacate your present home may well be illegal so the more info you give the better we can help you.

Darlyd

If it is just you and your child then you will be placed into a woman's refuge. Just going by the advice we were giving for my niece, she was dreading it so scared but it was fine. As soon as her child is born then she can bid for a property but she will not be priority as she has a home in the hostel. Might be different where you are.

Like other posters have said, the more info you can give the more help we can give.