Unreasonable old friend ignoring eviction-SS won't bring her here will they?

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An old friend who has become more and more unreasonable and paranoid in recent years is going to be evicted and I am really afraid she will be brought to me. I can't take her in. What happens if social services bring her to my doorstep?

She is adamant that court orders and repossession notices etc mean nothing, and it is all just a scam

I have helped her a lot in the past, but am in poor health now, and can do absolutely no more, but there isn't really anyone else either, as she turns down all other help from social services, etc

What happens on the day she is evicted if she gives my name and address? I would have to literally shut the door in her face, wouldn't I?

I have no idea, but the idea that SS would drive her to your house and insist that she comes in is so ridiculous and unlikely. I think you're panicking about nothing. Bit hopefully someone in the know will be along soon to reassure you.

No, maybe they might contact you if she gives them your details but they can’t force her on you. It sounds like she needs professional help.

o thank you - yes, I am sure you are right they can't force me to let her in. But even the idea of them turning up here with her and having some sort of confrontation on the doorstep is quite distressing...even if I persuade them to turn around

No one's gonna bring her to your door. She might turn up on your doorstep herself, of course.

Is she a council tenant or private?

What happens when someone uncooperative is evicted? I've seen plenty of evictions, with friends who accept what is happening and cooperate, and take advice from bailiffs,
What happens if she point blank refuses to leave?

She gets removed

She does, but she won't accept any - turns away carers and social workers, etc

Are ss already involved? They won't become involved just because she has been evicted.
If they are already supporting her, they should be helping her make suitable plans now.
They won't just drop her off at your house and say ' tag- your problem now'

Where to?

She is very physically fragile - multiple health issues

They'll get the police to remove her, she'll be expected to take herself down to the council.

Where to?

Anywhere outside of the property. If she's an adult with no children then it's likely she will become a street homeless if she hasnt/ wont accept help from services.

They'll put her and her stuff on the stress and she'll be told to go down the local council offices with paperwork they give, to prove she's been evicted

*street

She is a private tenant.

It's all very worrying, she needs constant medication, she won't survive on the street. I feel like she is on the edge of a precipice and there is nothing at all to be done

Can't help someone who refuses to help themselves.

If she has obvious care and support she she might be classed as a vulnerable adult and then would be housed, probably in a hostel/hotel at least initially.

In that case, they will still remove her from the property, but they won’t just leave her on the street - because they’d have a duty of care. But if she won’t cooperate with services then I can see her staying on the street regardless.

If they judge her to be a risk to herself and lacking capacity she could end up being sectioned and then housed from there. Which would be a total waste of service and money when she could just cooperate but there we are!

None of this will be your problem though.

I don't think "they" will turn up with her but is it possible she will turn up on your doorstep herself? I think that would actually be harder to say no to.

Care and support needs that should say

Then if she has nowhere to go she'll be expected to take herself to the council and report as homeless.

If she has a social worker they should advise her.

If she won't engage with the help that's on offer there's not much you can do other than flag her to SS yourself as a vulnerable person.

It is possible, and it would be very hard to say no, but I know it is still what I absolutely must do, there is no way we can take her in

If she is that ill, can't she be sectioned to a psychiatric hospital, and that way she'd get help. At least she'd have accommodation while she's at the hospital.

At best, they’ll put her in a taxi to the one-stop shop/ housing office to present for homeless accommodation- likely a hostel or cheap hotel room. At worst they’ll tell her to make her own way there.

This is so true, there is nothing, nothing, nothing else I can do

This has been tried in the past, she didn't meet the threshold