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    Homelessness: Evicted grandmother now sleeping rough in park
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    Homelessness: Evicted grandmother now sleeping rough in park

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    2. OriginalZumbie on

      I think her issue was leaving her daughters house, it would have classed her as making herself homeless

    3. Anarchist-Tuna on

      This is a stupid article.

      No matter how small my house is, if my mother, even if we don’t like each other, didn’t have a place to stay, I would find a space on the floor if necessary, as anything in my house, under my roof is better than sleeping in a park. I’m sure that most people reading this would do the same.

      This story seems either like they are trying to game the system or the mother and daughter are just mental. Of course someone is more urgent to house if they are a 50 year old woman sleeping in a park when compared to a person sleeping on the floor in their kids house.

    4. Square_Weather_8137 on

      after moving up north one thing that alarmed me was the amount of homeless women and children. Why are there so many vulnerable people just left without shelter?

    5. Mother0fChickens on

      Where’s her son? The article says he was evicted too, but there is no mention of his current situation.

    6. sjw_7 on

      There is some very selective reporting going on here.

      What is stopping the 57 year old ‘former shop assistant’ from being a ‘current shop assistant’?

      The article suggests her other son is living with her daughter while she sleeps rough. Conveniently she is more likely to get a place by sleeping rough than he would as she is considered more vulnerable.

      Very much seems like a case of gaming the system to get bumped up the housing list.

    7. adm010 on

      This is pretty dreadful. Ideally no one should be homeless through choice, certainly not for very long. As an older person this kinda makes it feel worse as well. Least she has somewhere during the day, but seems a bit odd cant just use a floor if daughter is ok with her there in the day. Also kinda insinuates her son is staying there aswell? It wasnt really mentioned but im assuming shes unemployed and was therefore living g on benefits, in a house paid for by those benefits? So for me thats a bit harder, why should you get a free house if you dont have a job when you could have one (topped up by benefits), but likewise, there should be council houses ir temporary accommodation. Actually a little conflicted here, but either way ban right to buy and build more council homes.

    8. Competitive_Gap_9768 on

      So she’s at her daughters flat until the kids bedtime. Back there for breakfast. But won’t sleep there. Refused a tent. Not bothering to find private as ‘will get snapped up to quick’ and hasn’t worked in four years.

      I don’t want anyone to be sleeping rough but help yourself out.