Anyone have experiance of temp/emergency accomidation?

hollyrosej

Hi I'm asking as I'm soon to be put in emgergency accomidation, I'm very worried and frightened in my current situation, I have no control anymore and my husband has become very difficult to handle.

The housing options officer told us we may be put in temp housing atleast 10 miles from our area, how on earth am I suppose to get my son to school? with no transport?

I'm constantly thinking and anylizing the situation and this hasnt helped my mental state at all.

We are good people who work and the council treat us like scum, she basically told me there was nothing to rent in my area I just dont know what to do anymore I'm so panicky I havent been able to do any uni work and have had two days off sick as I'm really struggling to cope with it all.

My mum says I should tell my GP about the situation but I dont see what good that can do? Ive heard of peope contacting local MP's in same situations (well from what I have read online) how would I go about doing that?

Please help I've got myself into a right state.

(sorry for spelling some keys are sticking)

RAS

have you spoken to Women's Aid?

hollyrosej

RAS wrote: »

have you spoken to Women's Aid?

I havent but have been offered, my husband has realised he cant control the situation any longer and is becoming difficult, housing options told me they can house me and my son in a womens centre, but I would be agreeing to break my family up, which I dont want to do, I had to explain to her he is very upset (as am I) and shows it in a different way...it's not an easy situation but everything I read online is sketchy, people will start wring a thread on how they are being made homeless like us then just stop posting..

RAS

Are you currently in social or priviate rental, or a home owner?

hollyrosej

We privately rent in England

mira666

hollyrosej

I share your dealings with the council, as a lot of people on here have seen my issues with my landlord, illegal eviction and then dealing with the homeless team who have to be quite honest, completely useless.

I really hope you manage to get something sorted, it may be worthwhile contacting your local shelter office and arrange to have a chat with them

Hump

The important bit is that you and your son are safe - whether that's staying with a relative, a friend, in a womens refuge or in 'temporary' accommodation.

The law allows the council to treat you as being 'homeless at home' - or 'homeless in temporary accommodation' - if you are at risk of violence or threatened with violence then it makes sense to be anywhere except at home with your difficult partner.

The council cannot accommodate you and your son in a bed & breakfast hotel unless it's an emergency and then for no longer than 6 weeks.

The council might not be too keen for you to stay close to where you live now if that puts you at risk of continuing to be a victim of domestic abuse or domestic violence.

They should try to accommodate you in their own area, often councils end up using accommodation some distance from where you live.

Whether this is reasonable or not depends on the specifics of your situation - the level of threat being fairly important.

Don't be bullied by the housing options officer - get help and support. If you have a support worker, an IDVA, a DV worker or similar they should be able to support you

hollyrosej

mira666 wrote: »

hollyrosej

I share your dealings with the council, as a lot of people on here have seen my issues with my landlord, illegal eviction and then dealing with the homeless team who have to be quite honest, completely useless.

I really hope you manage to get something sorted, it may be worthwhile contacting your local shelter office and arrange to have a chat with them

Thanks for your reply, I will have a read through your posts a bit later!

hollyrosej

Hump wrote: »

The important bit is that you and your son are safe - whether that's staying with a relative, a friend, in a womens refuge or in 'temporary' accommodation.

The law allows the council to treat you as being 'homeless at home' - or 'homeless in temporary accommodation' - if you are at risk of violence or threatened with violence then it makes sense to be anywhere except at home with your difficult partner.

The council cannot accommodate you and your son in a bed & breakfast hotel unless it's an emergency and then for no longer than 6 weeks.

The council might not be too keen for you to stay close to where you live now if that puts you at risk of continuing to be a victim of domestic abuse or domestic violence.

They should try to accommodate you in their own area, often councils end up using accommodation some distance from where you live.

Whether this is reasonable or not depends on the specifics of your situation - the level of threat being fairly important.

Don't be bullied by the housing options officer - get help and support. If you have a support worker, an IDVA, a DV worker or similar they should be able to support you

Hi thanks for your reply, I think I made my husband out to be a bit of a monter! We are no threat from him, he is just very upset, well we both are, there is nothing we can do.

I have been refered to a housing trust as shelter is not in my area, you can get advice over the phone from them and thats about it, but the housing trust is somewhat like shelter, I belive thay will offer much more support from housing officer.

Also I have been reading online about local councils and housing officers using 'scare tatics' not sure if its true though?

Hump

Sorry but you mentioned earlier that you had been signposted to womens aid or similar, this usually happens where the council suspects domestic abuse or domestic violence - which is usually based on their interview with you.

As concerns 'scare tactics' - there seems too much online in the way of people being 'put off' from making homeless applications and accessing temporary accommodation for it to be a coincidence.

What sort of temporary accommodation are they proposing 10 miles away?

hollyrosej

Hump wrote: »

Sorry but you mentioned earlier that you had been signposted to womens aid or similar, this usually happens where the council suspects domestic abuse or domestic violence - which is usually based on their interview with you.

As concerns 'scare tactics' - there seems too much online in the way of people being 'put off' from making homeless applications and accessing temporary accommodation for it to be a coincidence.

What sort of temporary accommodation are they proposing 10 miles away?

Hi, they asked if I would require extra suport when I explained my husband was being difficult about this whole situation.
They did say womens aid as well as the housing trust shelter phone number.

I asked about the housing trust, but explained that my husband is no threat.

They told me the temp accomomidtion is what is avaiable on the day.

sorry for spelling the keys are stuck!