Good news on the homeless

[GabbyLoggon]

My area is spending almost like 3 million
quid on a facility for the homeless.
I think it charity money.

She's far too dim to be a journalist.

'The homeless'

Gabby, you're nearly back on form. Well done. I was a little scared yesterday.

Try to engage with other posters a little less, and you'll be back to the Gabby we all know and love. And worry about.

Gabby, I have a present for you here it is, please take your time and really savour it.

are you talking to me about Durham?? I have no idea who you are, really.

you would have if you lived in Nottingham Durham middlesbrough etc

Or even Manchester Sunderland

In terms of writing I have been everywhere and been written up in the Observer mag

Not to mention the yorks popst

Manchester Sunderland - a lovely place in the North Weast.

Gabby, do you post on Digital Spy?
There are a couple of posters on there who sound a bit like you.

I reallythought the reycled houses one would be one of yours too.

do you have a beard?

My local authority has far more homeless (street or at home) people than they could ever expect to house. People seem unable to find / take on / maintain (read as afford) private tenancies independantly. Slum landlords are making money at the expense of their tenants and the local authority. The local authority no longer owns any housing and only has disposable that nominated to them by Housing Associations. The Housing department in my area (I expect) will be facing cuts and having to rethink it's budget significantly. Cuts to Housing Benefit and new terms relating to social housing mean more evictions will be taking than ever. This is the situation in my area.

sparkle, you have really sparkled. That a good assessment of a situation. Some other poster dont seem to grasp what life is all about. ts all insult and no intellect to them why is thatso? we all went to school .It was compulsory

CLANGER I have looked at digitalspy from time to time but mumsnet is a much better site

gabby Most of us do know what life is about, some of us are even facing homelessness ourselves, but most of your posts make no sense whatsoever. I mean your OP could have meant anything. We had no way of knowing if you thought the homeless deserved charity or not? If you thought they'd spent too much or not enough? Or even what you wanted us to discuss?

Try putting a bit more time into your posts and you'll get less insults. Your last couple of posts were actually readable!

I was homeless for a shor while many years ago and it aint much fun....We have beggars like most other cities...and the authorities recently said they were making 15 grand a year. How daft can you get?

when you say the homeless do you mean rough sleepers, sheltered homeless, or those in semi permanent accomodation? When you say that the government create homelessness, what do you mean? The lack of housing? As i would say that a huge cause of rough sleeping is an appaling childhood and a lack of support when leaving care or drug or alcohol abuse. Complex trauma is also massivlex linked, it is not simple, it is the fault of many things and your over simplistic explanation leads me to believe you could do with researching your material more.

durham durham

I wood need to see some of her writing
Durham

We must not fall into a careerist snobbery trap

Use your own judgement. some critics think JK
Rowling is a poor writer. (she makes dosh)

Business and writing are different things.

North eastern people are not usually snobbish

Are youfrom Yarm, duham?

Mrs Vidic...however you describe it, it is very uncomfortable Does your dad play for Man U?

Look Kaloko there are different levels of reading ability I have had enough published to know I can write.

Do you get Dr Jonathan Millars style? or
old Bill Shakespeare...Not just Barbara Cartland,surely

Nil desperandum....live and learn. Good luck

My husband was homeless as a child, after his mother abandoned him at the age of 12. After he was in a children's home, aged 15 they gave him a flat. He ended up losing it surprise, surprise.

I think a lot more needs to be done to help homeless people. i hope this improves peoples lives FOR GOOD not just for now.

redflag, that is still happening now. Young people in the care system are abandoned without adequate support.

Of the 6,000 people who leave care on average every year, three-quarters (4,500) will have no educational qualifications (just one out of 100 will make it to university) and within two years half will unemployed, while one in five (1,200) will be homeless.

I know tethers, i think its actually worse now, as the care system is far more stretched. Luckily DH is a fighter, and managed to pull himself away from that life, many don't!

I think parents of people like DH should be held accountable for what they do.

His mother was a vicious woman, and frankly he is a better person for not being with her, however she didn't care he slept rough as a young teen, could have gone down a path many homeless people do. She didn't give a rats!

I would like to thank you last 3 posters forcontributing