Member: Desperatedaughter
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Region: London
Added: 2nd Sep 09
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Hi
This is a long shot, but I am desperate, My mum is being made homeless due to having a dodgy landlord who has now skipped out on all responsibilities and the bank is repossessing the home she is living in. My mum understands the bank need their property back but she has no where to go and the council wont help her as she is not deemed as an at risk or vulnerable individual.
This is a bad situation, my mum has also been without running hot water for 2 years and so she WANTS to move out but she has nowhere to go, sheand is now lost her job on JSA and we have no savings to put down for deposit and rent for a property, also many dont want people on benefits. We are not a lazy family we are trying our best to make our situation better we have been everywhere for advice and help, Citizens advice, Local Council, MP's. No one can help us.
The story is the old landlord did not have the right to let the property but he did anyway, for a couple years, then he sold the property and didnt tell my mum and disappeared with the rent she was still paying into his account and with her deposit. The new landlord has also disappeared seeing the issues and now no one can find the landlords and hold them accountable, so my mum is left in the middle and being threatened with homelessness very very soon.
We need one of two things, either £3,000 to put down for deposit and rent and/or a landlord that will accept a family TEMPORARILY on benefits. I am trying my hardest to raise the cash but I dont start a job until end of October and we are appearing in court again in October, my mum has been looking for work but she is finding it hard to find any, we are so depressed and can't sleep at night through worrying so much. We just need a break. Sonmetimes we dont even have anough food to eat simply because the benefits we are on just is not enough when we are running up phone bills trying to get help.
PLEASE can someone help us, we would even be happy to pay the money back, we dont have any loans and are not eligible for a low interest loan.
My mum needs somewhere in North or South London with a garden and ground floor and 2 bedrooms. Somewhere she can stay for many years and look after it as her own, we are GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD MORALS and we take pride in what we have, we would be good tenants and prior to this had a good 10year renting history with one landlord in the same property, but they were leaving the country and had to sell the house.
Please, someone help us we dont have long and have been trying to help ourselves for 18months with no joy.
iI anyone is reading this thank you for your time.