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Originally Posted by Ruffy
Thanks Gary, appreciate the note. Fortunately we found a place that's decent enough but it was just in the knick of time after a very stressful search and I still can't shake the mental spectre of sometime receiving another notice. It was a shock for sure and I'm mentally scarred - I shudder to think what I'd do if the same happened again, seeing the state of the current market
So, settled? - unfortunately no, not really. I realise I'm fortunate to currently have a decent roof over my head but is it hyperbole to think of myself as 'homeless' knowing I now can't ever settle while renting, with that risk of being evicted for no fault of my own always in the background as a fear? Throw a marriage breakdown and financial challenges into the mix and with (adult) offspring still struggling to get a decent foothold in the world I get close to despair at times tbh. I take responsibility for my prior mismanagement of my life but I find I have formed some quite 'strong' views about 'the system' for housing in the UK etc. 
Now I must stop before my soapboxing takes over your good news thread and starts demoralising you. Sorry!   |
I'd have to say that our experiences are remarkably similar; marriage breakdown, evictions, young adult daughters trying to make their way.
With regard to renting, there is a pretty shocking attitude in Britain on this, where housing is seen less as a need and more as a speculative opportunity. It's why I pushed so hard in my case for council/social housing. It's the only way I feel I will have security of tenure in rented property.