Being made homeless

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If you have a job you must be able to find a room somewhere?

I sort of got turfed out due to a pathetic dispute between my step dad and my gf. I am very relaxed and calm so just hated the whole thing and just felt caught in a hell hole

It was expensive to move out so suddenly, but I was moving into somewhere where iI was responsible for 70‰ of the bills, all the deposit and months rent in advance

But I don't see why you can't find some share unless you aren't good to live with?
 
In the short term, do you have any friends or relatives who would let you stay with them while you find a more permanent place to stay? If you do, then I would go down that road rather than staying in a hostel. Given you have a job (even though it's minimum wage) and assuming you're working full-time, you should be able to afford to live in a bedsit or a shared house.

Once you have somewhere to live, your next concern should be to get your debts sorted out. Question: what proportion of your monthly income is taken up servicing your debts?
 
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In the short term, do you have any friends or relatives who would let you stay with them while you find a more permanent place to stay? If you do, then I would go down that road rather than staying in a hostel. Given you have a job (even though it's minimum wage) and assuming you're working full-time, you should be able to afford to live in a bedsit or a shared house.

Once you have somewhere to live, your next concern should be to get your debts sorted out. Question: what proportion of your monthly income is taken up servicing your debts?
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The last part of this is crucially important
 
Firstly - see if you are eligible to any help from the government, speak to citizens advice bureau to see if they can assist with the debt (if it's unsustainable) to get a payment plan put into place (if the debt is currently making it impossible to afford a house/share) - also if it's with a bank, speak to your lender.

If you know any friends or family who could put you up, explore this option as a short-term stop gap, you are already working & have an income - you also seem to be attempting to increase it (both great things) so try to keep these going.

I hope everything works out ok & ignore the morons in this thread.
 
My mrs got a thing from the doctor saying she was not with her family any more and found herself a bedsit for around £200 a month.

Get on gumtree and have a look around, they can have quite a high turnaround.

The doctor part was so she could get the correct benefits I believe at the time.
 
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My friend got thrown out from his dad's house (mum passed away a few years ago) and he went to the council and they got him a room in basically a hostel pretty fast..think it was a couple of weeks. As he was unemployed at the time and getting JSA he was only paying about £150/m for the room (basically half his JSA..) but as soon as he found a job he had to pay the full whack which is about £500/m. Needless to say he's looking to move out as soon as he can save up for a deposit + month rent in advance etc. First he had to clear his debt with me :p as I lent him about £1k and I needed it back asap but now he's clear he should be able to move out in a month or 2.
 
Some harsh replies here OP.

The little experience of housing departments in councils in have had still gives me shudders.

If I were in your shoes, I would work out a budget for each month and see if I could find a room in a family home which included food. Quite a few families try and supplement their incomes by taking on lodgers and they do it at very reasonable rates.

If you can manage that, you will have your own space and the opportunity to reflect on what you want to do with your life and how you are going to get there.

It sounds like you are in a toxic situation and that moving out will actually be beneficial. Try and work out what you want to achieve and focus on achieving that; you won't feel so lost with a goal and a plan.
 
Get a room in a flatshare... you're 26 and you've got a minimum wage job - its a bigger income than most students have when they leave home aged 18

if you've got any debts then enter into an IVA with your creditors - go see citizens advice etc...
 
In my experience you wont be able to claim anything. You will also be told that becuase you have a job and are by yourself and dont have any children you are basically bottom of the list when it comes to the amount of points you will get to get anywhere to live. I know this is true becuase it happened to me but I managed to find a bedsit to rent for £50 a week.

Getting some advise would be the best thing I could offer though since every situation is different.
 
I'm pretty curious as to how your father has given you debts? There is a lot of legal protection against people being wrongly influenced into giving guarantees for loans etc.
 
CAB will send you to Shelter. Shelter will tell you they can't help as you're a single male with no dependants. (hence they put you in the low risk category)

Only single mums, families, addicts or immigrants get help.

Best bet is get to council with an eviction letter. Then find a place to chrash until they sort a B&B.
 
I can't offer any advice other then what is said but I do wish you luck,

Take this opportunity as a point in your life where you can go in multiple directions, learn from it as it may not be such a bad problem as it initially seems.
 
Two weeks is plenty of time. Get onto a house share website, find somewhere suitable and pay your way. I know it probably seems like a massive step right now, and in all honesty it IS a big step. But it isn't a hard one ;)

My last house share was an expensive one in an expensive town for rentals and it was still £380. I'm a cleaning supervisor and my pay/hours aren't great and i had some pretty big monthly debts going out. I managed it and am coming out the other side now better off.

Just tick everything off in small steps.
*Look for a place online
*Call people up and get a viewing
*Sort out the deposit
*Move your things in
*Start life as an independent man

You'll wonder why you never did it sooner.
 
Move into a normal place. You've got a job, you can afford somewhere, especially in NI. I'm assuming your take home is ~£900 pm if you're working full-time and a room in a flatshare must only be about £200-250 around you. I was in a place for £350pm in one of the most expensive areas in the SW.

Good luck!
 
Do yourself a massive favour and stop using forums for personal problems and use Citizen's Advice instead. At least there you will not get arrogant and **** take responses from people still living in mummy's basement.

If she throws you out then let her and shut the door in her face and let her find out what it is like to be alone. Then get yourself into whatever housing the housing executive find for you. There is bound to be something as thankfully there is still housing stock left in NI due to low immigration. Just tell them your ma threw you out and you are sorted.


Housing executive are rather good at times.
 
Also if you have gear to store, maybe find a cheap storage company for a week or so until you get sorted?

I mean saves having anything expensive in a place that could be dodgy. idk
 
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