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i am seething what has this country come to if you are a foriegner seems to me you can get everything and more!!!!

we struggle to pay our mortgage etc like most people. my husband was off work on the sick for 18 months and had to go back before he was realy recovered because could we get any help for anything NO! i myself had to give up work 13yrs ago as i had a nasty accident so we have used our savings trying to live and pay our way could'nt even get any help with the council tax do you know what they said at the council have you any children yes i have 2 grown up sons well ask them to help you!!!! who do they think is going to pay their bills etc if they are paying ours!!

it makes me sick, if we went to other country's would their goverments treat us so well I THINK NOT!!!

Hi Tina.....we live in a luxury caravan/mobile home and absolutely love it!!

Way things look at the moment the only way we could afford to live in a house is if I stop working....!!

Bev x

As I'm sure I've said before, the fundamental flaw with the benefits system is that there is no cap on the total amount that can be claimed.

The cap should include cash and benefits in kind such as housing, free prescriptions, school meals and so on and should be set at the average wage.

There is simply no moral justification to paying anyone more than they could earn by working.

Disgusting ! I am lost for words.

Does it mention a father figure here by any chance?

Well this just beggars belief. What is this country coming to.

Its very admirable that we look after refugees but to house a family at such a high cost is down right obscene especially as its the council and tax payers that foot the bloddy bill. Whats wrong with a family sized caravan to house them? In fact at that price the council is paying they could afford to buy quite a few luxury caravans on a site somewhere to house people.

Tina x

This topic has been spoken about on TV .....and the councillor of that area says
"its your Mrs Thatchers fault coz she sold of council houses"

now we all know .....its not todays goverment who havent built new houses!

No its not unbelieveable ...its the UK

Unbelievable Kemp!!!

It's crazy aint it?

Bev

I was told that about my children ....son age 22 and son aged 19 have to find their own place to live !!!!!

But son aged 22 has autisum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I,m lost with this countries rules !

many years ago my dad was told we had to move about 300 miles ......
we at that time lived in a council house so he went to that town and asked about rehouseing ......he was told come back a different colour and we could house you now ......at this time you and your 3 children and wife will be waiting for 3 years !!!!!!!!!!

do you think these two adults (mother and landlord ) know each other ?

Hi Kemp....it really is annoying isn't it! We had a mortgage which was quite high at one time but as we both had pretty good jobs it was managable! Anyway certain things changed and my OH had to come out of work on ill health which drastically reduced our income to a point where we couldnt manage!
Because we had a mortgage we didnt qualify for any help and were unable to get a council property as like I said my son was 16 and able to care for himself...yeah right!!
What we did was move here to Cornwall and we now live in a 2 bedroomed mobile home which, to be honest, is the best thing we have ever done!
In a way Im glad things turned out the way they did but with a little more help from the government we may not have had to sell our home!!

My daughter and her partner both work hard and when she was expecting her first baby was landed with her partners children as their mother was unfit to look after them.
They were all living in a one bed council flat and had trouble finding a house to buy as southern house prices sky high.
They were told they didn't stand a chance of getting help from the council but they would of helped if daughter and OH didn't work or if daughter was unmarried mum of all three children.
Luckily they managed to find their own house but it does make me angry .

x Jill

I,ve had 4 children and had to put them in bunk beds to get them all into our house .....why does she gat this !!!!

Anger aint the word is it ...

I think with things like benefits and housing etc you have to know all the ins and outs to stand a chance to get what you are entitled to.

Hi Sally....no they didnt!!

Bev

There are some crazy rules aren't there Bev?!
And I bet they didn't offer to help him with housing either!

When we once applied for council housing we was told that we were only eligible for a flat because our 16yr old son was old enough to move into his own home!!

As it happened we now dont need council housing but I wouldnt have trusted my son to fend for himself.....

Bev

I'm pretty certain that there is no need for so many bedrooms, unless it's the age of some of the older children which means that they can't share with younger siblings. I wonder if an adult child has to have their own room if housed by the council.

Amazing isnt it....!! Really annoyed me when I read this...!!

Bev