Benefits and children leaving home.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Deleted_User wrote: »

Yep. And lose job, family and friends in the process.

If you can't afford to house yourself within that area, do you have an alternative solution?

marleyboy

Deleted_User wrote: »

Yep. And lose job, family and friends in the process.

Thats odd. I managed to move into three seperate properties whilst working FT. Yet I still had my job, family and friends.

Unless your house is slap bang in the middle of a moor, and your job is peat bogging behind the house, I see no reason why moving would cost you your job, friends and family.

Poppie68

Deleted_User wrote: »

I work from 8:30 until 4pm then do extra jobs until around 6pm, 7pm and sometimes even until 10pm.
Still not enough.
My daughter is nearly 8 only. I have 10 years to figure this out.

Your previous posts state you have one job, if in fact you do have others and you still can't afford rent isn't that telling you that you need to make drastic changes?

jaylee3

Deleted_User wrote: »

Some people (like me) have full time jobs and this is still not enough to afford renting…

Oh wait, I know the next answer: "move to a cheaper area" "move to the other side of the country" (and lose your job)

It is SO simple.

Deleted_User wrote: »

I work from 8:30 until 4pm then do extra jobs until around 6pm, 7pm and sometimes even until 10pm.
Still not enough.
My daughter is nearly 8 only. I have 10 years to figure this out.

Deleted_User wrote: »

Yep. And lose job, family and friends in the process.

Then what on earth do you suggest then, seeing as you are ignoring all the options given to you!

You need to.......

Move to a cheaper house/flat/area.

Earn more money.

Ask your kids when they no longer provide you with child benefit and tax credits, for a CONTRIBUTION to the family budget!

How on EARTH do you think people coped when there were NO TAX CREDITS pre 2000s?

They got by, they made do, they readjusted their finances, they made sacrifices, they took money off their adult kids living at home. (Oh and if the kids LEAVE home, then your outgoings will be a fair bit less anyway!)

What on earth do you want? The government to keep on paying you child benefits and child tax credits even when your kids are adults?

Get real.

[Deleted User]

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

If you can't afford to house yourself within that area, do you have an alternative solution?

I am not arguing. I always worked and I intend to keep working as long as I can.

I am just wondering this because I know so many families with children and no jobs, don't they think about the future?

I was talking to this lady the other day, her husband left her a few years ago and since then she has been at home claiming benefits, driving her nice shiny car to take her two primary aged school kids to school (walking distance) and complaining how life is hard and she hasn't got much spare money, etc. Apparently now the gov is pressuring her to work and she is fed up with going to sign in so often. She has been called for a couple of interviews for jobs at schools but is complaining that they are not exactly where she wants and the position is not what she desires (she has no UK qualifications) and she said she is going to decline the offers of interviews…I tried to explain to her that she needed to start somehow somewhere but she isn't convinced.
Meanwhile, other married mom with a working husband just got herself a job as a cleaner at McDonalds once her youngest became full time at school and is very happy to be out there working, interacting and earning.
I don't understand the attitude of some people tbh.

[Deleted User]

marleyboy wrote: »

Thats odd. I managed to move into three seperate properties whilst working FT. Yet I still had my job, family and friends.

Unless your house is slap bang in the middle of a moor, and your job is peat bogging behind the house, I see no reason why moving would cost you your job, friends and family.

Where I live, moving doesn't make much difference unless you change go to other county.

[Deleted User]

Poppie68 wrote: »

Your previous posts state you have one job, if in fact you do have others and you still can't afford rent isn't that telling you that you need to make drastic changes?

Ok, so I had 2 jobs. One as a employee (still going strong) and another self employment at my own home that I had to give up due to my eminent moving homes…lo and behold I still do bits and bobs after my main job finishes.

I can afford right now (with some benefit help) it is not a problem. I am just thinking ahead for when my daughter leaves home.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Deleted_User wrote: »

I am not arguing. I always worked and I intend to keep working as long as I can.

I am just wondering this because I know so many families with children and no jobs, don't they think about the future?

I was talking to this lady the other day, her husband left her a few years ago and since then she has been at home claiming benefits, driving her nice shiny car to take her two primary aged school kids to school (walking distance) and complaining how life is hard and she hasn't got much spare money, etc. Apparently now the gov is pressuring her to work and she is fed up with going to sign in so often. She has been called for a couple of interviews for jobs at schools but is complaining that they are not exactly where she wants and the position is not what she desires (she has no UK qualifications)…I tried to explain to her that she needed to start somehow somewhere but she isn't convinced.
Meanwhile, other married mom with a working husband just got herself a job as a cleaner at McDonalds once her youngest became full time at school and is very happy to be out there working, interacting and earning.
I don't understand the attitude of some people tbh.

The government will, rightly in my opinion, keep on turning the screws on your unemployed friend, so you will see fewer and fewer jobless people able to maintain a lifestyle the employed struggle to keep up with. If you're lucky, they will be forced to move to cheaper accommodation, freeing up some accommodation for you and reducing rents slightly, so their demise may be your blessing. If you believe in the value of gainful employment, let your vote reflect that.

marleyboy

Where I live, moving doesn't make much difference unless you change go to other county.

Ok, so moving is off the option list.

That leaves earning more to pay the rent or renting out a room. Your options are VERY limited as to what you can do.

[Deleted User]

jaylee3 wrote: »

Then what on earth do you suggest then, seeing as you are ignoring all the options given to you!

You need to.......

Move to a cheaper house/flat/area.

Earn more money.

Ask your kids when they no longer provide you with child benefit and tax credits, for a CONTRIBUTION to the family budget!

How on EARTH do you think people coped when there were NO TAX CREDITS pre 2000s?

They got by, they made do, they readjusted their finances, they made sacrifices, they took money off their adult kids living at home. (Oh and if the kids LEAVE home, then your outgoings will be a fair bit less anyway!)

What on earth do you want? The government to keep on paying you child benefits and child tax credits even when your kids are adults?

Get real.

No I don't want this. I know it is unreal. I am just wondering what people do! And once kids leave home (in my case just ONE) the rent remains the same and the rent is the biggest expense…
I know, move to a cheaper area, flat, and all that. I get it.