What’s your views on this?

robfosters · 14 Jan 2019 at 15:09

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46862124

I know the Mother could have possibly acted a bit better in the past, but it seems ridiculous that they cannot use the money to buy a house for them to live in. The young woman is never going to be able to live independently, so what use will the money ever be if they can’t use it to buy a house?

dirtychinchilla · 14 Jan 2019 at 17:43

Very difficult. My initial reaction was along the lines of "give her the ******* money, what the hell?!" but then reading the article, the £500,000 trust find is supposed to pay for the girl's daily expenses for, I suppose, the rest of her life. If that's the case, £500k isn't going to last that long, and if you take a chunk out of that (probably minimum £250k) then in half the time, she'll have to be supported by some other means.

In the long term, what's better? A house now and benefits later, or a private house now and benefits in a few years time? Not sure myself.

fretted · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:40

I can understand, especially if her daughter were to die? It would be more difficult to get the mum to sell up when that happens.

Randomface74 · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:56

So they aren't homeless. The council will adapt a property for them.
The mother was negligent so is partly responsible for what happened.
Fake news from the BBC imo, entirely typical of them to take the side of a woman just because they're a woman.
The law is right to protect the child from the mother.

Werewolf · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:59

BBC taking the side of the women?
I just read it as them reporting what was being said and the known facts of the case.

By the sounds of it the money is in trust specifically for the needs of the daughter in terms of care etc, which would rule out housing with the possible exception of alterations needed to a property in regards to that care.

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jan 2019 at 19:00

What's stopping them from leasing a property? I agree that the mother should not be able to spend the money on a major investment like ownership of a £250k property.

spolsh · 14 Jan 2019 at 19:25

So, that's someone with half a million quid in social housing then ... result. Shame they can't buy a house, get DIY SOS in to sort it out so it's a perfect place for the young lass to live, and have it that the then perfectly adapted house is in trust for the youngster. As it stands, the govt. will probably find a way that the money goes back to them in fees and costs.

dowie · 14 Jan 2019 at 19:31

Well the cost of carers does add up and it sounds like she'll require carers for the rest of her life, including once her mum has gone. That alone could well take up the entire 500k.

shadow_boxer · 14 Jan 2019 at 19:49

Not sure people actually appreciate the astronomical costs of one to one care. I could quite easily imagine costs of 50k+ per year.

robfosters · 14 Jan 2019 at 19:56

One thing I’m sure we all agree on is that her dad is a totally worthless POS. How the **** can you do that to your baby daughter? It’s beyond comprehension.

Roar87 · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:06

She's obviously trying to milk a house out of the money.

robfosters · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:13

So basically, the government give her £500k and say she can only use it for her care, thereby ensuring later in life when she needs external care, she will be able to pay for it and the it won’t cost the government any more money. If she didn’t have any money, she would get care anyway paid for by the government. The government have just wrangled a way to keep the social care bill down.

The_Abyss · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:19

I think I’d trust the government solicitor’s judgement in these matters over that of this mother.

Werewolf · 14 Jan 2019 at 22:14

shadow_boxer said:
Not sure people actually appreciate the astronomical costs of one to one care. I could quite easily imagine costs of 50k+ per year.

Yup

Even a care home can easily cost around 1k a week, and that's where the care costs are shared between all the people in the care home, if someone needs 24 hour care that's going to be around 4 carers (8 hour shifts, with one to cover for time off).