How soon before I'm homeless? Urgent

BigAunty

tim123456789 wrote: »

I fail to see how (potentially) putting youself in 12k of debt and getting evicted is going to be less stressful that filling in a few forms to get HMG to pay your rent.

tim

The founder of MSE was shocked to find out how mental health sufferers often struggled with debt, too, and has published a guide with charities on this topic that the OP may find useful.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/mental-health-guide

On the benefits forum, we often see posts from people whose conditions have led them into debt and/or have constrained them from sorting it out (but then, a loss of a job for anyone can have huge ramifications).

meercatsunited

All the advice on here for the tenant is good but what if the landlord is in negative equity, cannot afford to sell the property, cannot afford repairs, has no choice but to let it and also has a big mortgage that he has to find the money to pay while the rent is unpaid.

some landlords are caught in a catch 22 trap, landlords are often normal people trying to survive the current financial situation.

can you imagine if the landlord has children and because of the non payment of rent they may lose their own home and be homeless, all the above is what is happening to me right now.

all I say is do the right thing and move out and arrange repayment terms of the amount owing.

eskimo26

No tube? Are you in the commuter belt? Prices in the commuter belt are sometimes higher then in london.

You have to do some research specific areas of london are ok in terms of rent, essentially where all the students are. Me and my friends were living in zone 4-6 north london [walthamstow, green lanes, etc.] but that was a good few years ago...