26yo Db can't get a day job - kick him out or support him?

[Honesttodog]

My bro is a dj. He gets about 1 gig a month, plus does bits of music production which brings in about 50-100 quid a time. His djing doesn't make enough for him to live on or pay the rent, so my parents pay rent And top up where necessary. He hasn't paid rent in over a yr.

My parents bought him a flat which is an investment for them, and they recently did it up, so it looks lovely.

I feel my pArents should kick him out of the flat so he is forced to find his own place, pay rent and do any job he cAn. He tells us he is constantly applying for jobs but he hasn't really worked at all in the past few months, just a few wks of contract work here and there. We feel he is disregarding menial jobs and cherry picking what he applies for when he should be doing everything possible to bring in a wage...

I spoke to my mum about this today and she's agreed with me. Now I'm really worried that moving out of his flat will destroy his music career as he'll have no space for his decks, records and other equipment...

Shd my parents keep supporting him? I feel the job situation is so bad in London , it's hard to know if he is genuinely being rejected all the time or not trying hard enough, tho we su spect the latter. I am worries that if we have a THIS IS IT type chat hwith him he will sever all ties or stop speaking to me. I love him so much, just don't understand why he can't or won't work!

Me and my brother both work in the arts.

I finance a home and car, pay all mortgage and bills etc, I need to earn around £500 a week to pay all my outgoings (loans etc too). I manage it. I work a couple of other 'ad hoc' jobs to fund my life.

TBH he is taking the mick. ALL freelancers do odds and ends of work here and there to make ends meet and it is being very unreasonable to say 'don't take a zero hours contract' because a zero hours contract when you work hard is often a 'lots of hours when you want them' contract. If you are good, you get the work. Sounds to me like he needs to get a day job or a couple of day jobs and then do the DJ thing in the evening.

Yes, zero hours or flexible hours can work very well, but quite a lot of companies use them as a way of exploiting staff and taking the piss.

Good suggestions about advising him on other ways to earn money in the music industry, OP - give that a try.

So what else can he do? What are his other qualifications and is he being realistic when he looks for jobs, or precious about the areas he wants to work in?
Yes, by getting him kicked out of his flat you may have destroyed his music career, and he may have to sell his decks, but that is the consequences of getting involved.
Sometimes there are no easy or lovely answers.

Um... unless you are on a zero hours contract where they force you to work a lot of hours I don't see how that constitutes exploitation.

You work out very quickly how many shifts you are likely to get and you act accordingly. If you rarely get called, you get more work elsewhere. If they want you all the time then you lose nothing. I'm not being facetious I just really don't get it.

Or alternatively he could get a 9-5 job somewhere. If he is in London it's really NOT hard to get a job. It might not be a very exciting job but if you are presentable and resourceful you can get work. And there is crew work out there as mentioned before but you have to be prepared to work hard!!

I work for Shelter geegee888. This man is in the most vulnerable age group for being made spontaneously homeless. Many men this age report to us in a 'been kicked out' situation, either from a relationship or by parents. You'd be surprised how quickly someone's life can spiral out of control when they lose safe, reliable access to accomodation.

Yeah I would like to also say I don't advocate him getting kicked out because getting a job is often dependent on having a stable home address...