How did you figure out a place to live when you separated

[uselesslife]

No friends or family to stay with and no money for deposit for rent
What do you do?
We have no spare money and H has to leave

Bump

whre do you live now eg renting/mortgage or what?
who is working you or him or both or none?
how many children, who will they reside with?

YMCA? Cheap boarding house? Does he have a work colleague who could accomodate him temporarily?

Go to your local council office? Or, could you stay where you are and start claiming HB?

house is mortgaged jointly

He works, me SAHM with one child, going to school in Sept
DS will stay with me, he works v long hours, never usually sees DS during the week

I'm talking about short term, I just don't want him here, and we can't afford to pay stupid prices for London hotels.
A flat for him would make sense, but we don't have deposit money

And then long term, how on earth is it going to work

If we sell the house, divide up the equity. Then I'm not going to be able to get a mortgage because I'm not working

it's such a mess

could you please tell me how you all figured this out

A flat may 'make sense' but as you don't have the money for a deposit and rent in advance, it's not an option.

He can look for a room on Gumtree or place his own free ad for a room that's payable weekly in advance with miminal or no deposit - and yes, there are such rooms.

long term you going to need to look for a job and use school plus after school care and holiday clubs...

gumtree could be your answer for now .

i would say send him to rent a room from my ex but wouldnt wish that on someone...

easier said than done cestlavie
I've been trying to get a job for a while now.
The only option for after school care is really a nanny, there are no afternoon clubs and school is out of the way.

for the future I think we can afford for him to rent a flat
The cash flow is a short term problem

this is pointless, he is never going to move out