Does anybody know if a man moving out of family home is likely to get financial help?

[YesBut]

Exp is moving out but there is no spare money to raise deposit/first month's rent. Plus he has bad credit rating and history of rent arrears
Does anybody know what help may be available, particularly as ideally he would need somewhere with room for 4 kids to stay.

my mum does Citizen's Advice and says that her worst people to see are homeless single men because there is so very little that she can do to support/help them.

This is why when peoe split up they have to sell their house to buy two much smaller properties
do you own your house?
The chances of you both being able to afford two places that can fit four kids is slim I'd have thought
do you both work?

No idea what help he is eligible for, but would think the best short-term solution would be for him to rent a room cheaply (maybe in a friend's house) so he can pile up enough cash for a deposit/first month's rent.

At the start, he may not be able to have the kids stay over - unless you are inclined to go somewhere else for the night so they can all be in the family home.

But that could be quite tricky........

We rent this house, so there is nothing to sell.
He doesn't have any friends nearby.
He is generally unmotivated and crap with money.

I work part-time. He is self-employed but doesn't earn much.

If no friends near, then suggest he looks for a room to rent anywhere he can find one - as long as it is close enough for him to visit the dc easily.

Does he work? Any chance of extra hours to help him save £ for a deposit?

Unlikely that he will want to look fora job [sigh]

Then how does he propose to support himself and his dc?

Seems to me he needs to be looking for a second job to top up his unreliable self-employed income.

Yes but there is only so much I can do.

Sounds a very difficult situation, and i was not suggesting you should be doing something about it all.

It is your ex's responsibility to sort himself out - especially if he is able-bodied. Fwiw, I personally don't think he should receive financial help if his main problems are a lack of motivation and bad money management (as you have stated).

Maybe if he is uncomfortable enough, he will find the motivation?

But I want him to go. I don't want to leave here.

Are you saying he won't go unless he receives financial help because he is too lazy/unmotivated to sort himself out/pay for a place to live?

It would be one thing for the government to offer him help if he absolutely could not do more and needed assistance. But, it grates mightily to think he expects government assistance because he can't be bothered.

It places you in a terribly difficult situation.