Covid debt: A baby, job loss - and now eviction

Tenants are being evicted due to rent arrears built up during the Covid pandemic, despite the government saying no-one should lose their home as a result of the crisis.

The couple's income plummeted. Until their claim for Universal Credit was processed, their only money was Joanne's maternity pay of £150 a week. When the couple were both working full-time, they used to take home around £2,000 a month. Their £450-a-month rent quickly became unaffordable as overdrafts were maximised to pay for living expenses. They've struggled to pay rent ever since.

To investigate the impact of this, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism sent reporters to 30 county courts in England and Wales throughout July and August. Last year, MPs on the Housing, Communities and Local Government committee recommended changes in the law to give judges discretion in deciding each individual case. The government chose to ignore the recommendation.

The woman, who did not want to be named, told the BBC she would stay with a friend for the first two weeks. She has no idea where she will live after that. The average tenant in the cases analysed by the TBIJ had £6,500 worth of rent arrears. But a judge at another London court told the BBC he had come across one set of tenants with arrears of £190,000 in recent weeks. Some tenants had "undoubtedly taken advantage" of the evictions ban, he said, in effect to live rent-free.

Yep in a similar boat, won’t be able to pay mortgage soon as a result of losing job due to Pandemic lockdowns impact.

Why didn’t they claim housing benefit ? Or did they think they could live rent free forever ? It’s not acceptable to squat in someone else’s property passing the debt on to them

My heart goes out to this young couple who through no fault of their own have found themselves in this position. Get back onto the Homeless Prevention Team for your area. You have a baby and they have a duty of care to help you find alternative accommodation. Good luck 🍀

*Lockdown debt.

If they had paid something rather than nothing, that might have helped them stay where they were. I’m on the side of the Landlords as they will now have to sell that property or live with their mortgage debt caused by the tenants.

. Ethical health science starts with ensuring that patients have healthy housing and adequate disposable income to buy healthy food. Patients should not need to get sick enough to go to hospital to get shelter and a place to sleep. .

Don't have children you can't afford

Markofthebeast is the only way🐑 keep building the narratives

good luck

They look like a lovely couple 🙃

Yet some have too much unearned wealth.

monsters in charge.

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