Partner sacked....

[gemmal88]

Hi,

Long story short, my other half has just lost his job. Our house comes with the job so we are loosing our house too. It looks like the only option at the moment (for the sake of our 4 year old and newborn baby), is for me to move on with my parents with the children whilst he sorts his mess out. I'm currently on maternity leave so I'm not working at the moment and we'll be moving from England to Scotland.

Does anyone know what I'd be entitled to? I wouldn't claim as a single parent because anything my partner makes would come to me and the kids, we just wouldn't be living together.

Thanks in advance.

You could present yourselves at local housing authority as homeless which is what you are.They will then find you temporary accomadation and loan you deposit money for a rental.You will be entitled to benefits etc.You don t need to go home to parents unless you want to.

He was sacked.

When he went to the council, they said if you have anywhere else to go then go there before emergency accommodation - apparently it's awful in that area. My kids need stability and safety and I know they will get that at my parents. Plus down south my daughter is due to start school and up north she would be next year, so at least I have some time up north to look for something permanent before she starts school - I don't want to uproot her over and over moving from pillar to post - it's bad enough already what has happened. So my parents is really the only option for now.

Emergency accommodation is pretty awful. But if you move in with your parents, your emergency homeless situation will go right down, meaning you will be put into a lower priority band for housing and it will take so much longer to get yourself a house!

When I was homeless, we were in (to emergency accommodation and then into temporary accommodation) and out into our own permanent place in 6 weeks (my son was born in the temporary accommodation!) because we were so proactive and got the first place we looked at, second place we 'bid' on! But also, we knew this wasn't our 'forever' home so we weren't too fussy about the place, just wanted to be out. Our place is amazing, though, in a lovely area etc but we hope to move in the next few years because then it will be on our terms and not because we were made homeless!

Good luck with your situation. I really hope it all works out for you. I'm not sure of what you would be entitled to, if you were living with your parents. A benefits calculator or ringing the council/citizens advice bureau will be able to give you more information on your situation.