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implications of letting friend stay short term without rent
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She has a son so as you imagine will be difficult for her to move from one temporary accommodation to another, not knowing how long it will be.
It will be difficult, as I'm sure it was for DeeDee, but really, all you can offer is another type of temporary accommodation in order to delay the process. Its probably better to just accept what is happening and go with the council's accommodation.0 -
If you let her live in your house, the Council will probably put her right to the bottom of the list as she will not be homeless.
They only give temporary accommodation to people who are genuinely homeless.0 -
I agree with others that this is a recipe for disaster. Helping someone out by letting them stay rent free or on a minimal rent gives them no incentive to ever leave. The friendship is unlikely to survive this.
I assume the original plan was to let out your investment house, so I would do this and rent it out to someone you don't know. You will have rent payments that would allow you to help out your friend if they were in need or in a financial crisis of some sort.0 -
I'm not sure how the council would proceed with a child in the mix but I would hope it might be a easier and hopefully quicker process for your friend. They may provide a faster response than they did with us as there were 4 adults and three were working fulltime. Hopefully!0
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Don't do this. It will mess up her chance of the council housing her. Most councils want to try to get out of offering accommodation because they are short of it. If you house her they may say that she is housed and not in need of help.0
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