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Homeless help needed please
melsy27
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This is on behalf of my estranged husband.
In brief, we are seperated. He was staying with a relative , but has hit major problems. He has been to the local council today and tried, shelters etc and he has no accomodation at all and no where to sleep from here on. He has no money to rent private and is currently unemployed and is applying for of JSA and we are currently changing our previous claims etc. He has registered as homelesss but he doesn't appear to be eligalble to be housed and he has no where to go at all. So I said I would try on here and see if anyone else has any ideas of how to get him of the streets. Although things aren't great between us, if I can help with this particular issue, then I would as it is not nice to be homeless, regardless of the fact we are seperated. when he left he did have some money but he seems to of spent it all already, which is a concern, and now his asking me for more, which I am not prepared to do, but I am willing to help him with his housing if I can.
Thanks in advance
In brief, we are seperated. He was staying with a relative , but has hit major problems. He has been to the local council today and tried, shelters etc and he has no accomodation at all and no where to sleep from here on. He has no money to rent private and is currently unemployed and is applying for of JSA and we are currently changing our previous claims etc. He has registered as homelesss but he doesn't appear to be eligalble to be housed and he has no where to go at all. So I said I would try on here and see if anyone else has any ideas of how to get him of the streets. Although things aren't great between us, if I can help with this particular issue, then I would as it is not nice to be homeless, regardless of the fact we are seperated. when he left he did have some money but he seems to of spent it all already, which is a concern, and now his asking me for more, which I am not prepared to do, but I am willing to help him with his housing if I can.
Thanks in advance
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Is he definitely telling the truth?
If he has nowhere to go tonight you can try ringing round the local homeless hostels.0 -
'doesn't appear to be eligalble to be housed' Why i would ask??
and perhaps you should go with him, to make sure he is'nt telling porkies.Trainee Building Surveyor
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FINALLY IN MY FIRST HOME!!! WAHOOOOOOO! :beer:0 -
have you looked at the Shelter website?
How much help are you prepared to give, could you pay his first months rent in a shared house and help him get benefits.0 -
I think if he doesn't have kids, then he is not a priority, the only thing I think he can do Is rent a room/flat and get housing benefit0
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just reread your post, get him a room in a house, pay deposit/months rent and let him claim of HB0
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Where do you live yourself? Are you in a jointly owned home? If there has been a divorce, what arrangement did the divorce make for the assets in the home and/or the home itself?
Are you a tenant? If so, is he a joint tenant?
When he moved out, you must have discussed where he was going. After all, you are keeping a roof over your head whereas he is......?0 -
Your settee..............make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
According to a post made you made today, he moved out of the family home yesterday? So he didn't even last past the day time today with a relative before he ended up potentially having to sleep rough within 24 hours of leaving you? Did I understand this wrongly?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=59771395&postcount=22
The Shelter website does have the best homelessness advice, and it is the case in England (Scotland has different rules) that single people without dependents or disabilities can have extremely limited opportunities for assistance by the local council.
Check the local council website to see if they publish details of any hostels or google to see if you can find any shelters run by charities, churches and the like.
Some councils operate deposit guarantee schemes for those on low incomes/in housing need, check if yours does. They basically pay the deposit to the landlord on behalf of the tenant.
This link may also help which will take you to the Shelter wizard on the council's obligation, or not, to provide emergency housing.
https://www.gov.uk/emergency-housing-if-homeless0 -
Only council can refer people to homeless shelters except one or two.
You have met Cameron's plan for Britain:
Unless hubbie left because of domestic violence (don't laugh it does happen) he will be found under Cameron's rules to be "intentionally homeless" and not elibile for council help as homeless.0 -
theartfullodger wrote: »Only council can refer people to homeless shelters except one or two.
You have met Cameron's plan for Britain:
Unless hubbie left because of domestic violence (don't laugh it does happen) he will be found under Cameron's rules to be "intentionally homeless" and not elibile for council help as homeless.
If there was no violence and they split up yesterday, the OP may be unable to prevent him moving back. It depends whose name the property is in?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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