Council want to place me in B&B!

Faith177

homeisthecalm wrote: »

But I won't be homeless, and there are support networks in place to help me. Just because my family won't have me doesn't mean they're 'so serious', my Mother doesn't like me, it's quite simple. I wouldn't want to bring a child into that toxic household. I sometimes can't climb stairs but my council have bungalows available.

Yes this doesn't sound serious at all!

"For the last 6 months, my Psychosis has returned with a vengeance. I'm currently claiming ESA and I'm due my face to face meeting this Thursday, after which my money should go up to £104 a week. I'm sceptical and hoping they won't put me in a work placement group, as I physically cannot set foot into a workplace.

Things are just impossible, most of the time. I can't answer doors due to paranoid thoughts and suspicions. I can't even answer a phone call and often wonder if it really is the person it says on the caller ID. I won't open my own letters because I can't help but think it'll be a death announcement. Going out alone isn't just impossible because of paranoid thoughts and hallucinations, but I also worry how people will react if I appear unusual in my actions and words.

I can't go out without my Mum with me, making shopping an extremely difficult task. I won't travel alone. I'm living a very sheltered life. My medication (Risperadone) is helping my hallucinations but is making me so exhausted I feel like a zombie 24/7. I sometimes wonder what the point of this all is.

I'm often forgetting to meet my own basic needs and recuire assistance. I can't cook a basic meal - last week I tried frying myself a bacon sandwich and forgot the stove was on! If my Dad hadn't noticed the burning smell, I could've caused a serious accident. What's more, the smell made me adamant the house was going to blow up! It was a moment of pure lunacy. But at the time, I'm the rational one and everyone else is just blind to the truths.

Even if I did get an interview for PIP, I don't know how I'd get there. I'm a grown adult and my Mum has very young children to consider, not to mention she works and isn't always available. How will I explain myself to someone? It doesn't seem possible, given that I can barely get my words out. By the looks of someone's letter, it seems they only welcome someone you know to speak for you, and don't supply anyone. I can't get on public transport either.

What are my chances of getting PIP? I suffer from Fibromolagia too, but I've heard people say that's even harder to claim for. "

homeisthecalm

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Well, you made your play.
They countered.
Your bluff's been called.
Your move.

Your choices seem to be:
1) move into the accommodation offered and hope for a better offer down the line.
2) your mum withdraws her help to get you a council place and instead lets you stay.
3) you reconcile with the very recently estranged boyfriend (probably rather earlier than you both anticipated) and he lets you stay.

Option 1. Is the only thing I can do, 2 and 3 aren't possible. Why would you encourage someone to get back with an abusive partner?

I'm just worried the council will have me live with a newborn in a hostel/B&B. That's certainly not suitable

Mojisola

homeisthecalm wrote: »

Just because my family won't have me doesn't mean they're 'so serious', my Mother doesn't like me, it's quite simple. I wouldn't want to bring a child into that toxic household.

In another thread you said -
"I suffer with Psychosis and because of this, my Mum is refusing to allow me to live in the family home, through fear of small children living there seeing what I go through.

She is adamant about this, as lovely as she is."
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5502414

DomRavioli

Please stop feeding the troll.

homeisthecalm

Mojisola wrote: »

In another thread you said -
"I suffer with Psychosis and because of this, my Mum is refusing to allow me to live in the family home, through fear of small children living there seeing what I go through.

She is adamant about this, as lovely as she is."
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5502414

The last sentence was sarcastic, obviously. They don't want me there, and the real reason is that it's a 3 bed house and there are 3 other children

homeisthecalm

And before I can even see them? Hoe ludicrous. So I'll just pop a child out and it'll be whisked away just like that? You do know that children aren't just taken away, don't you? A mother has every right to hold their newborn child, no matter the circumstances. Please do your research.

ecgirl07

NYM wrote: »

I've just read the OP's other threads... and I will not be wasting my time with this thread.

homeisthecalm often signs her posts with the name Sophie. Put the two together and you can google her http://imgvid.xyz/homeisthecalm/user-profile

Its unfair to keep linking this if it has nothing to do with the op.

silvercar

Is it really allowed that a parent can evict their 17 year old and the council be obliged to provide housing?

Mojisola

silvercar wrote: »

Is it really allowed that a parent can evict their 17 year old and the council be obliged to provide housing?

Her parents aren't evicting her - although she's only 17, she's been living with her GF for the last eighteen months, has been pregnant and lost twins, is now pregnant again but has walked out from her BF's house because he became abusive.

Well, that's one version.

Where she found time to work hard and pay lots of tax, I don't know.

fairy_lights

Mojisola wrote: »

Where she found time to work hard and pay lots of tax, I don't know.

Somehow, that's the most unbelievable part of the story :rotfl: