hostels

[laura1991]

Ive been given a week to move out my parents house, im eighteen and doing my a levels, hoped to go uni but that seems to have gone out the window, anyway looks like im going to end up in a hostel. What should I expect? Im so scared. My life is slowly falling apart and im letting LO down
Xxx

 

[scottishgal89]

Sorry for sounding nosy but why have they given you a week to get out? While studying...and with a LO?!
My only advice would be to go to the council and declare yourself homeless.
Get on all of the lists and everything

 

[laura1991]

My mum wanted me to cut FOB of lilys life, I said no and we often do things with lily. My mum said as long as im under her roof I cant have anything to do with him and is calling me a bad mum for it. Im petrified. Xx

 

[scottishgal89]

Thats awful hun, why did she say that about him?
I can't believe she said that. It's your choice. I'd be cutting her out.
Do you work? xx

 

[laura1991]

I'm college full time sodon't work. I hate it here she is sat calling me to my sister . Its awful

 

[Aidan's Mummy]

Hi hun the same thing happened to me when I was studying at college. Aidan was about 5 months old

Go to the council and say your mother is telling you to leave her home. They will ring her and conferm this (she may change her mind when she realsies it is happening). If she still wants to go through with it they will put you as an urgent case. I was put into a BnB for 4 nights, then a temporary house and then I was asked to bid for a council house and as I was prority I soon got one. And about two months after moving out we moved in.

It is a very scary time and not something I would wish on anyone. But it has been a blessing in disguise. I finished college and I am now a Student nurse at Hull university. It's hard physically and emotinally but it cane be done

I hope she comes round but there is always a safety net if she doesn't
x

 

[lovejoy]

I'm one week away from full term and in a hostel,I only got here on Monday. I got kicked out by my parents but it's a long story so won't go into that.

I have to say it's not what I excepted in the sense that it's o.k. I went to the council too. You will have to spend the whole day at your local council office and go back a few times to bring documents and general waiting around to see different departments. If your mum does kick you out you have to go back on the day you are actually homeless(crazy I know) and they'll put you in temporary accommodation i.e a hostel whilst they investigate your claim. Once approved you'll be in a priority band to bid for a flat.

It's o.k here, kinda reminds me of a college dorm, everyone has their own room with a small kitchen area, there's a toilet and shower room on each floor and a laundry room in the basement. You have a caseworker for the property but I have not seen her yet and there's no one around watching you or anything like that, it's pretty quiet.You can have visitor but they're not allowed to stay over and any damage they cause is on you.
The only thing is the rent is super expensive so I hope you're not working, I've just gone on maternity leave so have to foot the bill until my pay is shorten after that it's covered by housing benefit.

If you're not working you'll need to start claiming job seekers in order for the council to pay the rent, my advice bring every piece of information you can find to safe time i.e ID, proof of residency,proof you're being kicked out they'll want a letter and your mum's ID,Proof of benefits or salary, proof you've been living in the area for at least 6 months normally bank statements, a letter from your college and possible more. It's a pain but better to just bring everything on your first trip.

I know how you feel it's very stressful and I felt like I'd let my baby down before she's even here but it's just a situation I had no control over so here I am trying to make it better one day at a time. You're not the only one in this boat so don't feel to bad, chin up x