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Want this flat!
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I am 17 n my fella is 19, he has in the past two month got a new lat and put laminate flooring down in the front room. Now a flat that my sister used to live in is going on my street where both my mam and sister live and ive always wanted that flat, now i dunno if i wanna live on my own and my fella wont move!!!!!!!!! He says the rent be too expensive coz its 2 bedroomed but if im the person on the rent book ill get it paid for me coz im in full time education!!!
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I hope not, why should you get a flat and have it for free? its people with your attitude who give young girls a bad reputation:mad:
firstly, if you are in a 2bed flat on your own then you would only be entitled to claim part of the rent from the council, they dont just pay what you ask, there are strict regulations to stop people taking the piss....:yeees:
Also, if your boyfriend moves in with you, I guess he is a wage earner, his wage will be taken into consideration when calculating benefit, so you wouldnt get any rent help. If you try and claim fraudulently be sure they will find out and prosecute you. The council are not stupid, and regularly send out officers to check information on claimants.
Either way, if you cant afford the rent yourself then forget about getting a flat until you can, we dont pay our council tax to house people like yourself.
Why should you get a two-bed flat for free when I work my arse off to pay the rent on mine? Hey, why not get pregnant, then you might get a house!
Well said hun!
Me & my boyf are living over 100 miles away from each other cos at 22/23 and having just left uni we cant afford to move out of home. Also why should you get it paid just cos you're in education? I was at Uni for 3 years and still had to pay rent in my student accomodation!
Erm about all that sponging off the government, because im in full time educataion i cant get a full time job so they help out young people, i cant believe you took such a snobbish attitude!!!! Most young people start out 'sponging' until they can get good jobs to afford the rent. Plus you pay the money to the government because you HAVE to, so dont post as though your some kind of saint, if you had the choice you wouldnt pay!
And by the way, i already 'sponge'. Im under 19 living with my parents, my mam cant get a job coz shes registered disabled and my dad is too old to get hired.
So thanx for al the useful advice there (there was only a few scraps of it there i see, the rest of you are just snobs looking to have a dig!!!!!), most of which i already know coz my 17 year old friend just had a baby and has just got her own place.......go on then, slag her off, coz she doesnt live the life YOU lead, she obviously deserves it :rolleyes:.
By the way, when I left home at a young age I got a job to pay my rent. I didnt SPONGE of anyone, you see I was mature. Maybe you should just grow up a bit.
Snobs
Regardless of what job i did, I didnt sit on my arse and expect everyone else to look after me. I got off my arse and paid my way.
Seems to me that you have no problem sponging of anyone, sorry but I have a bit more respect.
If your boyfriend has a flat then you are lucky enough already. If you want to be near your mum, move back home?
She is already adequatley housed, so why move to a 2 bedroomed flat, just because she wants too? Her boyfriend has the sense to say NO I cant afford it, so as far as im concerned he's no scrounger, but she gives me the impression of "oh yes lets just go and sponge"
I have no problem with help going to those who need it, but just because someone wants a 2 bedroomed flat I personally think thats taking the mickey.
Im not saying give up education etc, all im saying is that she isnt on the streets so why not make do with what she has got until she can afford something better. To be honest thats what ive done. Started off in a shitty, horrible bedsit. Moved next to a 1 bedroomed flat. Moved into a 2 bedroomed council house and now im buying my house. Ive always made do with what I can afford, yeah ive lived in a dump but at the end of the day what I have now is mine, ive not had help with rebates, ive lived within my means.
Your parents will loose their child benefit for you, the allowances they get in their benefits for a student dependant, so your all going to be worse off.
Ive known many students in FULL time education that have worked weekends, evenings for their money. Dont become another drain on society but make a place for yourself in it instead.
The benefit system is struggling to cope paying out for people who have no choice than to claim. Familys like your own who cannot work, parents who cannot take jobs because they cannot afford childcare, people made redundant, people who are ill.
You have a choice.
You could live live 'free'(I use this loosely) with your parents while you study to make a better future for yourself.
Some dont have this luxury, and they are the ones that NEED our benefit system. Yes we HAVE to pay tax to the council anyway, but for each new claimant the money has to come from somewhere......us, the people paying taxes. When you start having 1/2 your wages taken in various taxes you do become concerned about how the money is spent.
You say you had problems at home, you probably blew them outta proportion like you did this topic, your family 'problems' were probably no worse than mine.
well no im not saying its my right, ive just been offered a flat on a street where my mum and sister live. Id love to take it and live with my boyfriend but hes just got settled in his new place. Myself and a friend are now considering sharing the flat, if you left home so early you obviously have never known the desire for independance(yeh yeh i know im not independant coz im getting benefit there) but you know what i mean.
Believe it or not i started this as an innocent rant, pissed off with myself and my situation and the timing
My problems I had then dont have anything to do with this post. It was you who posted for advice not ME.
Sorry thats my opinion, I beleive we should live to what we can afford, and if we cant afford it then we CANT have it.
When I 1st got my council house I had NOTHING at all. I was given deck chairs of a friend, didnt have a cooker so had to use the coke fire to make toast over the fire. Got a mattress given and some blankets. You think you have it bad because you cant have a flat thats all done out nice with laminate floring, well im sorry I had nothing, but have gone from nothing to having a lovely house which is mine. Its taken me many years to get where I am, but least I have lived by my means, I think it makes me appreciate what I have got a lot more.
Can I just say, good on ya for trying to get decent qualifications
Ta
I think maybe we should just leave this topic to rest
Can i close it since i created it?
I am in full time education i find time to get a job i work sundays could work saturdays - i do brownies and st john ambulance and many other voluntary work. I work for my living to get a place in uni i agree with everone else here i manage perfectly well with my life and i am doing a levels FULL TIME you need to grow up else you will turn out one sad lonely bitter young MADAM!
I somehow dont think a weekend job would be enough for a flat, my boyfriend only just comfortably manages and he works full time!
Yeah that might be a good idea
No I wouldnt close it, you may get some more advice:)
But try not to take offence if someone says something you dont agree with. Thats what the boards are for to let people give there views..............yeah:)
There are many things in life I WANT i dont NEED them i WANT them therefore i am willing to get my grades instead of worrying about some crappy little flat be thankful you hav a roof over your head already some dont even have that! you are wasting valuble time of others in getting home - Do you honestly think it is right you should have this home and others die of starvation - cold - illness when you are not IN NEED OF THIS HOME???? WELL????
I have read the full topic and i do agree with beckyboo people like you really piss me off and i think its wrong you feel the way you do! i understand the "convo" but i also want a 'pop' at you :rolleyes: its fun!
you had a half decent case until u sed that, doesnt it just say it all.......
You are very naive DEVIL, homeless people cant just roll off the streets into a flat, else why do you think theyd be homeless. If that was the case, then all the split families (like my mate was) would never get homes because its more important in my opinion for a dying 26 yr old to get accomadation than a 17 year old couple due to have a baby that dont live in the same house. And bytheway, this flat is with a housing associationa nd they dont move homeless people into nicer streets like mine until theyve got a good rent history.
So if the things you wanted were offered to you on a plate you wouldnt take them?
They are not handed to them though ar they!????
You are scrounging! things are not handed to people on a plate if i was given the chance to move into a flat like you no i would not take it is immoral! I am going now things to do i want an education and im going to work for it Goodbye and i hope you get everything you do deserve in life! No honest (im sure you will!) GOODNIGHT