Kicked out.

Biscuits.

I've been kicked out, I'm 18-years-old. Soon I'll have nowhere to live. I have a job (ebay seller, not going very well) and 130 euro to my name (most of it belongs to my boss).

What can I do? How do I get rent allowance? Job seeker allowance? How do I even check eligibility?

Techno_Toaster

Have you been working? and if yes how long? Are you in school or college? Rent Allowance you won't be entitled too because you need to be renting for 6 months before you can apply for it.

Technically if your homeless and can't afford anywhere to live you might be eligible for social housing. Best thing call into Citizens Information they can advise you better than anyone.

Biscuits.

Techno_Toaster wrote: »

Have you been working? and if yes how long? Are you in school or college? Rent Allowance you won't be entitled too because you need to be renting for 6 months before you can apply for it.

Sort of, my friend bought a bunch of stuff that I sell on ebay but it's pointless now because my mother tore it all apart in a rage and I can't ****ing sell it now. I've been doing that since November.

I'm repeating my leaving.

Technically if your homeless and can't afford anywhere to live you might be eligible for social housing. Best thing call into Citizens Information they can advise you better than anyone.

Can I contact them by email? I'm in a situation where I can't ring or visit them until about 3 o'clock tomorrow.

Balagan

Yes, you can contact your local Citizens Information by email - their addresses in this link http://centres.citizensinformation.ie/

As you are studying, you will not be eligible for Jobseekers Allowance and will not be for three months after your last Leaving Cert exam. Even if you were to drop out now, you would not be eligible for three months after the drop-out date.

To get Rent Supplement, you would need to have been renting for six months, to have afforded the rent when the tenancy started and to have since suffered a loss of income etc. The other way to qualify for Rent Supplement is to get approved as in need of social housing by your Local Authority.

The HSE is responsible to help youth who are homeless (usually up to 18 but up to 21 in some cases and seeing as you are doing your Leaving, you would probably qualify) and you can contact them at your local HSE health office. The link to find that is given at the end of this Citizens Information leaflet on Youth Homelessness http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/losing_your_home/youth_homelessness.html

As you are not homeless at present, they are likely to tell you to do everything to patch it up with your mother. The HSE might be able to get someone to sit down with your mother and yourself to work it out, but no doubt there may be waiting lists for that. Maybe you could get an older sibling, aunt, uncle, family friend or whomever to act as a go-between? Maybe you could talk to someone at your school - a home/school liaison person or trusted teacher - who would be able to help negotiate through with your mother. It is often best to get someone else involved in the crisis - lets a bit of air and space in. Best of luck!

Techno_Toaster

Yeah because your in full time education your entitled to nothing really. The community welfare officer won't be able to give you anything and you need to be 3 months out of school before social welfare can give you anything.

You can email citizens info yes but I'd advise calling in. They will need information about your situation to best advise you and talking face to face you can give them everything they need.

In the majority of cases all paths of getting a reconciliation between your mother and you will be exhausted. It would be extremely hard to survive on your own so If it's possible you can live with your mum until you finish college then do.

Your going to need to talk to her or get someone to talk to you both to try to come to an agreement. Best of luck with it anyway.

gustafo

Biscuits. wrote: »

I've been kicked out, I'm 18-years-old. Soon I'll have nowhere to live. I have a job (ebay seller, not going very well) and 130 euro to my name (most of it belongs to my boss).

What can I do? How do I get rent allowance? Job seeker allowance? How do I even check eligibility?

Make up with your mum fairly sharply and stay where you are, can not see how you will be entitled to anything from sw.

fl4pj4ck

you won't be able to get Rent Allowance neither, unless you've been renting for the last 6 months or you're on Council's housing list