stella41b -> RE: Accomodation Urgently Needed! Portsmouth area (8/17/2009 4:34:39 PM)
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You know you're going on about the people who know you - where are they now? Why aren't they helping you? i went through a similar situation a few years ago, I'm transgendered, but nobody came forward and I ended up homeless. But you know the thing is (and was) I was sleeping on people's floors for a time and I didn't make too many demands, and if and when I was required to work (in my case I'm a recognized fringe playwright but at that moment in time I was homeless and in need of help) and I was prepared to be flexible. When I needed to work I worked, and I didn't care if it meant the work was unpaid. As for the lifestyle I once had, well that went for a Burton. I didn't care, all I cared about was getting back into a situation when I had four walls again and then when I had that about rebuilding again. I'm not trying to make light of your situation, I'm not and I can understand if you feel you are going through hell. It isn't easy. But you seem too fixated on getting help from the 'lifestyle'. There's quite a few broadminded people out there not involved in 'the lifestyle', but the thing is it isn't your lifestyle here and now and I feel that it is this you really need to be concentrating on. What happened before doesn't count, it really doesn't. Nor do the people who you knew. Have you been down to your local HPU (Homeless Person's Unit)? Have you contacted other agencies such as Shelter? How about CRISIS? Have you contacted your local Housing Benefit Department and found out whether they will pay Housing Benefit for a bed and breakfast? Have you been to the local authorities and seen the list of private landlords who will accept Housing Benefit claimants? Do you have enough to pay a deposit or bond if there's a landlord willing to accept you? What have you been doing so far? Just posting on boards like IC and CM? What else? I can't make you an offer of accommodation, I can't make any promises either, but I'm prepared to ask others or give you more advice on the other side if you wish. It's up to you. If not, I wish you the best of luck and hope something turns up.
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