KovacsC wrote:
JohnCoffey wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
Why don’t you move out?
I can't. Too late to type it up now, but I will explain it tomorrow if I remember
I was thinking, what you spend on bike, pc and consoles, you could get a deposit and a months rent and somewhere better. Even live at your mums.
OK I will explain things. Probably TL;DR but it's here any way.
I have savings for a move. I have had for over a year now. However, it's a bit more complicated than that. I have a few options open to me, which are -
1. Look for a private rent that will rent to me, and be affordable (not possible with the money they give me). However, this option is not really open to me because all landlords around here specify "No DSS" or whatever. IE - they will not rent to any one on benefits, which blankets those like me with physical or mental disabilities. So I spent three months chasing my tail, only to find no one would return my calls or would just refuse to rent to me.
2. Walk out of the flat "making myself homeless". If I do this? I am homeless. That's it, I made myself homeless so I can live with the ramifications. I could apply for social housing (council flat) but I would be at the bottom of the list. Mostly because according to law I did it to myself so I should get screwed over because of it. As you can imagine, this isn't really an option either. It would mean living on the streets.
3. Go back to my mother's. The moment I do this her council tax goes up over £900 a year, including her losing all benefits (she has osteoporosis and arthritis, so bad she can not have joint replacements) because apparently a 45 year old mentally ill man can fully look after her. She uses her payments to have the garden done (so it doesn't look like a tramp garden) as well as having her gutters cleaned ETC. So basically if I return home I assume full responsibility for all of that, which of course I can not do. Because I am ill, too. I would also lose nearly all of my benefits too, because apparently a 76 year old woman who can barely move can fully take care of me also.
So as you can see, each of those options comes with quite severe caveats. Given that my mobility benefits were completely removed about 18 months ago I now have to use money not intended for them to travel. IE a visit to family costs me around £30. The moment I move home? I am stuck. I would be where I was before (completely housebound) and unable to visit my psych because I would not have the cash for a taxi (£18 each way).
Now there is an option 4. Option 4 is either have the property condemned by ES and thus "Involuntary homelessness" or, get my landlady to evict me under, I believe, a Section 21. Where she has me physically removed from the property and thus again, "Involuntary homelessness". At this point I travel to housing and they put me in a manky B&B and then into a hostel. However, the big bonus here is that you go straight to the top of the social housing list. This is the only two ways for that to happen.
So as you can understand, it is pretty vital I stay on this sinking (and falling to bits) ship. Even though it has caused me to attempt suicide twice I still need to remain, because the moment I walk out of that door I fuck myself good and proper. There are no provisions in place for the disabled like that any more (either mentally or physically unless it involves access and ramps) and according to modern government the mentally ill are in the same category as ordinary citizens because obviously they think we are just as capable as they are.
We're not.
My psychiatrists (plural, three now) have been to housing for meetings, as well as my care worker and my social workers (again plural). Nothing has been done.
Edit. Please don't judge me financially on what appears. Like for example? if you spent ten minutes with me you would immediately notice I am not right. Not something you can do over the internet (which is why I think Doc and I had issues) and the same goes for anything monetary. I got my new bike from selling three other bikes, for example.