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Im being threatened with legal prosictuion for now paying my council tax even though im exempt. The council told me to get a certificate from my uni and send it to them to prove this so I did.... now their saying that they wont accept it... I cant afford to pay a grand of council tax. Then all my friends and family seem to think I have turned into some sort of agony aunt and and piling all their problems onto me and expecting me to come up with sollutions.... My house is a mess and Im trying to get it straight.... I have uni work to do and no time to do it in. the kids need my attention and I cant give it to them because Im too busy sorting out this bloody council tax. I actaually feel ready to explode!
firstly see you Cab about your council tax. see where you stand.. and get them to help you.
IIWY I would tell family you can't be dealing with problems as your up to your eyeballs and could use some help yourself.. but you still make a good cuppa.
if you can get these 2 things sorted.. you'll feel better.
Have you had a court summons yet for the council tax??
yeh, which i had no idea about.... apparently it went to court in june and I have a week to sort it out otherwise they are sending bailiffs round.... they can try. I dont have anything of value apart from my car and if they take that then Im screwed and wont be able to go to uni. The only prob with the CAB is getting there. Its a nightmare going anywhere with the kids in tow. I feel like crawling into a corner and ignoring it all. Im sick of being on sodding hold.
firstly if the baliffs do come round they should be willing to take part payments until the debt is cleared..
in the meantime get hold of the council ask them what paperwork is exactly needed to show that you are exempt... as they haven't made it clear and that you have been trying to sort this out. I personally would also contact the court and ask how you would go about an appeal.. based on the fact that you are exempt and the council really haven't been helping at all..
Im on the phone to them at the mo. Im going round in circles though. You never get to speak to the same person so you spend hours explaining the situation and then they spend ages trying find the last person you spoke to. They now want a letter from a different department in the uni. I will call them first thing tomorow and get them to fax it over. My mum was supposed to be coming over in the morning to watch the kids so I could go and get my student loan sorted but she is now saying she can only be at mine for an hour and I dont think i can get across town to the student finance office and back in that amount of time. I just cant cope with all of this. its too much. I feel pathetic and have cried down the phone to nearly everyone i have spoken to about it today.
thankyou for listening, its made me feel a little better to talk to someone. I ttold my friend i coulnt really deal with his problems between he and his bf. I said it politly even tho i wanted to tell him to stop being so self obsessed but consiquently he isnt tallking to me.... oh joy yet another person who hates me!
Im going to make a complaint when all of this is sorted. the stress of it is making me ill. I cant sleep, im hardly eating anything. my kids are being ignored because Im spending days trying to srt it out.
well look good thing about the uni letter bit.. and great idea to get the uni to fax it to them.. student councillor might jolly well be able to help..
if a person is a real friend they won't stop talking to you.. because you can't cope with having to hear there stuff as you have too much of your own..
don't worry about that .. they'll either come round or not. if not it's better for them to be out of your life.
your not pathetic at all.. your family and friends need to recognise when you ask for help.!
and crying is a natural way of relieving stress that you can't deal with...
remember the gp is always there to help too.. no shame in asking for help you know if you feel this way for too long you happy brain chemicals will be out of sync..
so remember to have happy time for you... even if you have to force yourself to do it.
aghh I feel your pain councils are so difficult to deal with. however if you are a full time student then you do not need to pay council tax end of. so they cannot make you pay. god surely they must deal with students and council tax exemptions all the time unless you happen to bed the only student in the town lol. hope it gets sorted soon, do make sure you get some support from your unis student welfare team.
Charlotte - councils are such a nightmare to deal with. Why? I have no idea!!
If you don't get it sorted, start threatening them with legal action (even a solicitor's letter, which most solicitors will do for a nominal fee or for free) and then get on to your local press and MP.
Don't ignore it - that's what they're hoping for, and would make things 10x worse!
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