Homelessness in Gravesham - Discrimination?

teddysmum

Looking on council sites, some of which use 123 instead of ABC etc, C seems to be a very high priority placing. The upper two levels appear to be reserved for cases where there is actual danger to life or severe health implications.


One of my sons and family live in a horrid council house area, with druggies and violence always on the streets. They are also overcrowded having two adults and three children of both sexes, one of whom is 10 years old. They would love to move, but there is just nowhere available; neither nicer area nor larger house.

[Deleted User]

Did I mention my son breaking his neck? Really? I thought I said he falls.

Gone now lol.., please play amongst yourselves.

marliepanda

deannatrois wrote: »

Did I mention my son breaking his neck? Really? I thought I said he falls.

Gone now lol.., please play amongst yourselves.

You did, yes, I quoted it.


You are the only person saying we are saying you are being dramatic, but over exaggerating things, and not even realising, may be hindering your claims if they feel you are embellishing...

teddysmum

A person with bad lungs who will get, fatal (because of other health issues) pneumonia if made to live in a mouldy damp room, is more of a risk then the possibility of an injury or the less likely possibility of a broken neck.

carefullycautious

Have you seen this and could you access support from one of the workers?


http://parentsconsortium.org.uk/independent-support-kent/




I do think your problems are magnified because you are isolated with your 2 children which is no good for your mental health.


Situations do change and as hopeless as it feels right now something may present itself when you least expect it. You do need to try to move out of your comfort zone to elicit change though.

LocoLoco

marliepanda wrote: »

But again, as Alice says, you are not the only person who has children with special needs. Thousands of families have children with special needs.


You mentioned earlier about needing a property in a 'nice area' so your children are not too scared to go outside. Everyone would like a property in a nice area but unfortunately these houses do not often come up in council housing, at least in my area. I would personally be afraid to go out in a lot of council areas in certain areas of my borough.


You may have to accept that there is not going to be 'the perfect property' that suits you and your children exactly.

There are thousands of families with children with special needs, which is why it's so absolutely disgusting that there is such a lack of schooling, healthcare and support from social services, along with a lack of housing. Deannatrois is only in this situation because her children are disabled and that's where the discrimination comes in, across the board. If you have a disability you have less access to basic things. She'd be working if her kids weren't disabled and she wouldn't need to stay living in the area she is in order to access services for them. She'd have enough money to rent a nice home, in a nice area, in any part of the country she fancied, and her kids would be safe because they wouldn't be the target of disability hate crime if they weren't disabled.

She's not looking for a 'perfect property'; just one that doesn't exacerbate her children's health problems or her own and one that's safe. And she is being denied that simply because they're disabled. Take the disability away and she wouldn't be in this situation. It might not be a 'discrimination' situation in terms of the housing legislation with regard to the banding issues she's facing at the moment but the entire situation she's in has only arisen because her sons are disabled.

usefulmale

Paddle out to sea in a dinghy, darken your faces, then ring the coastguard, speaking in broken English and you will be swamped with offers, left, right and centre. You can later contact the Daily Mail, whinging that the offers were not good enough if you get put on a sink estate, instead of a lovely Scottish Island with low crimes rates.

The above scenario is a sick joke, but it seems to work with all the non-white, non-english flotsam and jetsam.

Joking aside, I am so sorry for your situation and really wish I could help you.

marliepanda

LocoLoco wrote: »

There are thousands of families with children with special needs, which is why it's so absolutely disgusting that there is such a lack of schooling, healthcare and support from social services, along with a lack of housing. Deannatrois is only in this situation because her children are disabled and that's where the discrimination comes in, across the board. If you have a disability you have less access to basic things. She'd be working if her kids weren't disabled and she wouldn't need to stay living in the area she is in order to access services for them. She'd have enough money to rent a nice home, in a nice area, in any part of the country she fancied, and her kids would be safe because they wouldn't be the target of disability hate crime if they weren't disabled.

She's not looking for a 'perfect property'; just one that doesn't exacerbate her children's health problems or her own and one that's safe. And she is being denied that simply because they're disabled. Take the disability away and she wouldn't be in this situation. It might not be a 'discrimination' situation in terms of the housing legislation with regard to the banding issues she's facing at the moment but the entire situation she's in has only arisen because her sons are disabled.

Sorry but this is not discrimination.


She has been housed.


The house having stairs and being in a 'bad' area do not make it unsuitable.

Alice_Walker

LocoLoco wrote: »

There are thousands of families with children with special needs, which is why it's so absolutely disgusting that there is such a lack of schooling, healthcare and support from social services, along with a lack of housing. Deannatrois is only in this situation because her children are disabled and that's where the discrimination comes in, across the board. If you have a disability you have less access to basic things. She'd be working if her kids weren't disabled and she wouldn't need to stay living in the area she is in order to access services for them. She'd have enough money to rent a nice home, in a nice area, in any part of the country she fancied, and her kids would be safe because they wouldn't be the target of disability hate crime if they weren't disabled.

She's not looking for a 'perfect property'; just one that doesn't exacerbate her children's health problems or her own and one that's safe. And she is being denied that simply because they're disabled. Take the disability away and she wouldn't be in this situation. It might not be a 'discrimination' situation in terms of the housing legislation with regard to the banding issues she's facing at the moment but the entire situation she's in has only arisen because her sons are disabled.

Take the disability away and they'd be in a B&B, and turning down a property would put them to the back of the queue.

usefulmale wrote: »

Paddle out to sea in a dinghy, darken your faces, then ring the coastguard, speaking in broken English and you will be swamped with offers, left, right and centre. You can later contact the Daily Mail, whinging that the offers were not good enough if you get put on a sink estate, instead of a lovely Scottish Island with low crimes rates.

The above scenario is a sick joke, but it seems to work with all the non-white, non-english flotsam and jetsam.

Joking aside, I am so sorry for your situation and really wish I could help you.

The worrying thing is you probably believe what you've written. Perhaps you could widen your reading beyond the Daily Fail?

usefulmale

Alice_Walker wrote: »

The worrying thing is you probably believe what you've written. Perhaps you could widen your reading beyond the Daily Fail?

If it were a member of your family in Deannas situation, you would be squealing like a stuck pig.

I know where my sympathies lie and its not with those economic chancers heading here on a leaky dinghy.

Perhaps you could widen your empathy for our inadequately housed or homeless indigenous, instead of burnishing your right-on credentials for the unknown aliens heading here.