'supported living for challenging youngsters' being built next door.

[getyourselfchecked]

NC for this as could be outing. This is more of a WWYD really. I am at risk of sounding like a right NIMBY and I hate that its bringing this out in me but...
I am a single parent about to move to a new house. Building work has started on a 'supported living for challenging youngsters' development right next door.
Now, I have lived in some of the most gang-riven areas in the country without a thought but in my old age and with a child I admit I am worried about crime, drugs and ability to sell house on. I love the house and everything else is good.
WWYD? Still proceed with the purchase?

This is a genuine post, I don't have many people to discuss this with and I have never worried about house values etc in my life! I am genuinely surprised at my reaction to this.

They are much needed facilities but the young people are mostly unsupervised. They are allowed to go out as they please (although they have curfew, which they often break) and although there will be someone in the house at all times in case of trouble I'm afraid trouble will come. Some are better than others but you will likely never know what's coming. I wouldn't buy next door and definately not with kids.

I meant I tried to warn people that everyone was fighting their own battles before having to tell the real reason I was leaving to get people off my back.

Everyone needs to take a step back for a minute and remember all of us are people with our own shit - everyone needs to start being a bit nicer.

OK, this is my previous post:
Hello, thanks to everyone for their views. Very much appreciated. As far as I know, it is not young people with learning disability. That wouldn't bother me at all and I'm sorry if any parents of LD children were offended. It's for homeless people aged 16-24. I'm going to contact the agency involved to find a little more about it. But I have a horrible sick feeling that I may have to withdraw from the sale.

THEY ARE NOT CHILDREN. I never mentioned learning disability or any sort of disability. Thanks for your input, but please do not put my name to any jibes, arguments or discriminatory language. I never used the phrase 'challenging behaviour'.
Thanks anyway.

Navy. I can go and find a million other links. Google it.

Honest to god I thought society was past this shit.

I agree Waitrose No one knows what anyone is going through tbh.

16-17 are children.

Next time someone on here posts some shit about a 16 year old who won't do as they're told I'll tell them that according to mn law 16 is not a child.

I wonder how well the school would think of that. Or the law. Hmm?

Getyourselfchecked we were addressing a different poster.

For 1000th time.

Your thread asked for opinions.

Some of them were foul.

Op if you don't want to live there, then don't. It will not make a a blind but of difference to them if they have neighbours or not. They've I'll Have that home to live in and that's the important thing.

getyourselfchecked
Thanks for reposting that, are you any further forward in deciding what to do?

Everyone needs to take a step back for a minute and remember all of us are people with our own shit - everyone needs to start being a bit nicer

Darn right.

The abuse to owllady was horrible.

They are children and hopefully, with the support from their new housing, will get a chance to turn their lives around. Everyone desrves that.

As a single person with a kid, I wouldn't risk it - the property might be suited to someone in a different situation. For what it's worth we lived next door and owned a property for a number of years next to a half way house. It wasnt always fun for the residents living there - as many had MH issues but they were never a problem to us or our tenants. The only issue was opportunistic thefts if the communal door was left open but it could have been anyone.

The problem is that by people having been given a label other people feel they have the right to judge and discriminate.

Remove labeling the planning application, remove the judgement.

I've managed some obnoxious neighbours who weren't teen or disabled but they didn't have such clear labels to be disclosed on purchase.

My experience is having a friend who works in a place like this. He is there (or someone is) 24:7 but it only really dampens the chaos rather than stops it. Some of the houses are much better than others.

Some of the teens want to start again and work hard etc whilst others cause chaos.

My opinion comes from a safety perspective. It's a very unpredictable environment to put a lone woman and child into.

I really don't think that's what Umbongo meant - I took from it that they wouldn't notice either way who was living next door

Where the fuck did I say that???

The abuse to owllady was horrible.

Not just owllady, unfortunately.

Umbongo. I have read your post and the inference is there in black and white. They are going to be so lacking in cognitive function as to be aware of what is going on around them.

Disablist. And nasty.

*unaware