Social Hoising for Someone with suffer from Mental Disabilities

Hi I’m trying to find out if there is anything I can do about getting social housing for myself I suffer from a lot of mental disabilities.

I’m on the housing list since January 2017 and Priority List since April 2018.

I’ve tried ringing every charity and going to see 1 or 2 TD’s or organization I can and they’ve all told me is that they can’t help and that the council have to give them allocated units and then they interview to see who gets what.

Is there anything I can do thank you

Gatling

Not a lot really considering the current housing climate ,
A year on the list is nothing more than a long weekend ,
The average wait is at 10+ years across the country with some limited leeway for people who need housing urgently like those with medical issues such as cancer ,

pl4ichjgy17zwd

I'm in a similar situation and I'm on the list 8 years. It's just the way it is unfortunately.

Kadence Modern Tadpole

Kadence Modern Tadpole wrote: »

I'm in a similar situation and I'm on the list 8 years. It's just the way it is unfortunately.

8 years on priority also?

pl4ichjgy17zwd

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8 years on priority also?

Been priority for 5 years now (well, in August)

wifey28

unfortunately it really depends on where you live, and where you want to get a house.

In alot of places the lists are huge, loads of people have priority and theres just no building going on so they jsut cant house people.
Only thing you could try would be figure out where if any houses are being built and be willing to chance your area preference to include this area and just hope

Tds have no pull anymore, that worked years ago when lists were smaller and loads of houses were being built and maybe 1 out of ever 1k people went to a td. but now everyone tries the TD route and even when almost homeless with a young family i was told there was just nothing could be done as the houses are not there

Sleeper12

I can't see the charities being able to do anything for you. St Michael's House for example have plenty of properties (they had a lot of apartments in the original Priory Hall) but they keep these for people who have been with them all their lives. I'm sure the other charities work in the same way

Thanks for your replies even thought it’s super depressing I have no one and no family it’s jusy me all on my own

Sleeper12

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Thanks for your replies even thought it’s super depressing I have no one and no family it’s jusy me all on my own

Without trying to belittle you & your illness I think you'll find a huge chunk of our 10,000 homeless would have mental issues & i'd be surprised if they weren't all depressed.


15 Years ago you would have been sorted within weeks to meet your needs there's thousands ahead of you now on the waiting list. There's 10,000 homeless but there's another 100,000 with nowhere to live. I mean they might be on a mates couch or in their 30s & 40s still living at home because there are no houses out there to rent or buy

splinter65

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Thanks for your replies even thought it’s super depressing I have no one and no family it’s jusy me all on my own

Tajd do you attend your local mental health clinic at your local health center?You should ask your GP to refer you.
At least you’d have someone there to talk to and it would give you a bit of purpose.
Do you think you’d be able for a CE scheme or something like that?

endofrainbow

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Thanks for your replies even thought it’s super depressing I have no one and no family it’s jusy me all on my own

Did you not tell us before that your bf had been approved as your carer and you had moved in together ?

endofrainbow

endofrainbow wrote: »

Did you not tell us before that your bf had been approved as your carer and you had moved in together ?

Yes we’re together but you have to understand when I say I’m alone it’s the ongoing battle I go through in my head.

As a survivor of childhood sexual and my case is going to court next year in March I’m terrified of all that also.

I go to Willowdale mental health clinic and take all my medication also I just like to be settle becusse since I was 27 when I came forward I was moved by family from place to place until I was told to leave it’s has affected me greatly I did nothing wrong I was only a child. I hope for the best next March and someday to be houses and settled so I can finally move on with my life

Sorry for ranting it’s just because it was a family member who did It to me and my so called family don’t believe in sexual abuse disowned me

Graces7

Have you tried eg cluid and the other housing associations?

Wishing you well.. Blessings

Graces7

Graces7 wrote: »

Have you tried eg cluid and the other housing associations?

Wishing you well.. Blessings

Tried them all

Graces7

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Tried them all

So sorry... sometimes more chance when summer season is over? Hang on in there?

Gatling

Graces7 wrote: »

So sorry... sometimes more chance when summer season is over? Hang on in there?

The problem with cluid ,circle and a few others is they don't deal with self referrals ,you have to be referred to them by your local council and even at that they cherry pick based off Length of time on the housing list and suitability to there schemes

wifey28

the unfortunate truth in this country these days is there are tens of thousands on waiting list over 10-15 years, even with medical priority if there is no building where you want to be then there is very little hope of being housed any time soon. And at only a year on the list if you are in a very over populated area youll still likely be waiting years to be housed.

Mental health issues often dont get you the higher level of medical priority as that is kept for very serious illness like cancer, and even at that in say dublin the chances of getting housed then you could still be looking at 2+ years

So unfortunately youll just have to wait like everyone else in your situation of which there are thousands, if not tens of thousands

myshirt

I recall talking to a chap, homeless on the street, in quite a distressed state while a load of people just walked past him as if he wasn't there. Dishevelled, blood flecked eyes, almost emaciated. He'd been crying a lot and had significant drug addictions and people walked past him ignoring this distressed young man. Anyway, I spoke to the lad. The young man's life had been abuse, neglect, violence, vice and abandonment since the cradle. He had been sexually abused when younger, crying out for god as he was lonely and scared and in pain. But God wasn't there.

No one was there.

Especially not this state. And especially not pensioned up social workers who finished at 5pm.

And the abuse continued.

He told me he had this long feeling in his stomach and anxiety every day and he just wants it to go away. The young man was a drug addict and his mental and psychological well being was in bits.

I contacted homeless services on his behalf, and he was known to them. Speaking to these great people, I was told that despite this being amongst the most urgent of cases in need for housing and support, he'd be waiting years, even if the drug addiction went tomorrow.

What people don't understand is that when you are in crisis like this, especially as a child or younger person, and the arms of the state are more interested in more wages, overtime payments, time off, rather than doing their job, you prioritize the here and now, make poor decisions, often at great cost, and you fall into a black hole that it's very hard to get out of. Your mental health gets destroyed.

I'm upset about the op's story and I think we all need to reflect on it. The advice is correct, she'll be waiting, but the girl needs help.

pl4ichjgy17zwd

myshirt wrote:

I'm upset about the op's story and I think we all need to reflect on it. The advice is correct, she'll be waiting, but the girl needs help.

I think we're all upset for him, but in terms of housing there's nothing we can do.

OP have you any free counseling services in your area to maybe help you cope better day to day?

Graces7

My feeling is that we rely on state help far too much.

In my own "dark years" it was individuals like the person here who stopped to talk to that man, who saved my sanity.

Te "authorities" were pretty useless.

In the UK also I called the Samaritans a lot, and they gave me a Befriender who came to see me, accompanied me to hospital appointments etc.

We can be that initial help..

I remember a lady in the US who would get up early, make sandwiches and flasks of coffee and stop on her way to work to share breakfast with a group of homeless and chat with them.

Amazing how a small human contact can make a difference.