Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008
Gordon Brown's legacy
BBC NEWS: Spending Christmas without a home
"Homeless charities' Christmas campaigns are under way, amid fears the new year could see homelessness surge as people struggle to keep up with their mortgage payments."
"Cat Wood's Salford home is immaculate. The tree is dressed and the presents are wrapped for Christmas."
But once the decorations come down she and her nine-year-old daughter will be forced to move out.
"There's so many empty houses that are available, yet I'm on the housing list and they just turned around and said I'm not guaranteed a house before February," she said.......I know alot of the article wont find much sympathy with many here but this woman's story is repeated all over the u.k.................and next year it will be worse.alot worse....
Posted by titaniccaptain @ 02:24 AM (518 views) Add Comment
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1. paul said...
That's awful - she'll have to ... nay ... be forced ... rent.
The horror.
The horror.
etc.
2. Boom_and_bust said...
Pathetic, ....renting horror.
3. denzil said...
To be fair to Gordon Brown, it's not entirely his legacy. He is just one incompetent piece - albeit a large piece in the utterly incompetent Nu Labour machine. Makes me shudder when I think how far backward Nu Labour have taken us in ten years.
4. Cartimandua51 said...
To "paul"
Read the story you snide idiot; she IS renting; it's her landlady who's being repossessed
"Her landlady is being repossessed and the local housing association told her it would not be able to find her a new home before Christmas."
5. drewster said...
"Her landlady is being repossessed and the local housing association says..."
Don't quite understand the mix of public/private here. If the LHA is paying her private rent, why can't she just move into another rented house? RightMove lists plenty of two-bedroom houses under the £500pcm mark in Salford. How high does the LHA allow the rent to be?