Woman and 2 kids evicted from emergency accommodation....

mikom · 01-10-2014 01:00AM

Tasden wrote: »

Their child's schools for one, can hardly move elsewhere if the local school(s) has no places to take them

Would this be the school the her son Seán was taken out of to go on a jolly to Spain.

Bepolite · 01-10-2014 01:01AM

ALiasEX wrote: »

Maybe she never told him. Maybe he's dead. Maybe he was a sperm donor. Maybe he is in prison for something he didn't do. Maybe he was kidnapped. Maybe he is an alien and had to go back to defend his planet. Maybe it was a virgin birth.

Couldn't have been or she'd have a stable to live in.

Tasden · 01-10-2014 01:05AM

mikom wrote: »

Would this be the school the her son Seán was taken out of to go on a jolly to Spain.

Did you not read my post that said I've no sympathy for this woman? I'm talking about genuine cases that people assume are a result of some sort of "ah sure the tax payers will look after me" attitude when in actual fact there are legitimate reasons people end up in this position. Its women like the one in the article that give those cases a bad name.

rawn · 01-10-2014 07:30AM

Not to fear, Ruth Coppinger is on the case.

snubbleste · 01-10-2014 10:45AM

Any update?
Where did they sleep last night?

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-10-2014 11:00AM

snubbleste wrote: »

Any update?
Where did they sleep last night?

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine

Hoop66 · 01-10-2014 11:25AM

Tasden wrote: »

...Their job....

Ah come on, you're just taking the piss now...

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:31AM

Edel camped at Sunnybank last night. She is still there. This family doesn't need the abuse they are getting. The papers don't print everything they are told. Just snippets of the "catchy" things. Yes she did go on holiday, a holiday booked as late as last year. She didn't bring much money as she couldn't afford it.
For anyone saying move in parents, its never as easy as that. For those saying money for deposit. Then what? She gets deposit and cant keep up rent! If there was no holiday she would still be out! Out because she spoke up. On behalf of the 25 families in that hotel. There were 2 rooms vacant in that hotel last night.
Edel is in college, studying culinary. She is trying to better herself for her and her kids.
People just don't get the new homeless thing. Working families are homeless too. Rents are high.
This is a genuine story. She has not lied. She has been very honest! Her kids have no where to play, so I'm glad she got away for a while.
There was a verbal agreement made with the hotel and Dublin city council that she would go back to the hotel when she returned. The report went out before she left. It is very spiteful of the owner to have done this. Yes the father is on the scene for the kids. This family have tried everything to get a place and are just finding it so hard. It is practically impossible to get somewhere. And those who say move elsewhere. They have school, creche and college. I personally understand what its like to disrupt a childs education through homelessness and its not worth it.
It doesn't matter what anyone says to half the people on here, you will just pick at everything.
At the end of the day, they are homeless!

Gatling · 01-10-2014 11:36AM

That's bs seriously she was kicked out because she went to sun her ass off with her partner .
when in emergency accommodation if you disappear for several day then you loose your accommodation,
It's allocated to another family who obviously needed it more

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 11:37AM

Are the kids staying with their father?

godtabh · 01-10-2014 11:41AM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

...on her return from holidays in spain.

http://www.thejournal.ie/edel-maher-homeless-dublin-hotel-1699174-Sep2014/

So this woman and her kids seem to have been evicted for breaking the rules by speaking to a journalist about her plight in emergency accommodation.

Then she goes to spain for a holiday (gift from her parents) and on her return she was evicted.
Got a feeling this story will run and run. Seems to me that this she was not in need of emergency accommodation if she was off to spain for a holiday.

She has parents willing to send her on holidays. Money could be better spent by finding accommodation for their daughter/grandchildren. Or they could stay with the parents.

indigo twist · 01-10-2014 11:43AM

mammytammy wrote: »

For anyone saying move in parents, its never as easy as that. For those saying money for deposit. Then what? She gets deposit and cant keep up rent! If there was no holiday she would still be out! Out because she spoke up. On behalf of the 25 families in that hotel. There were 2 rooms vacant in that hotel last night.
Edel is in college, studying culinary. She is trying to better herself for her and her kids.
People just don't get the new homeless thing. Working families are homeless too. Rents are high.
This is a genuine story. She has not lied. She has been very honest! Her kids have no where to play, so I'm glad she got away for a while.
There was a verbal agreement made with the hotel and Dublin city council that she would go back to the hotel when she returned. The report went out before she left. It is very spiteful of the owner to have done this. Yes the father is on the scene for the kids. This family have tried everything to get a place and are just finding it so hard. It is practically impossible to get somewhere. And those who say move elsewhere. They have school, creche and college. I personally understand what its like to disrupt a childs education through homelessness and its not worth it.
It doesn't matter what anyone says to half the people on here, you will just pick at everything.
At the end of the day, they are homeless!

The reason she is homeless in the first place is because, over a year ago, she was living somewhere with rent of €1,000 a year.

There are perfectly good houses and apartments being rented in various parts of the country for half that amount. (Here are the current results of a search on Daft for properties for rent in Ireland with three bedrooms or more which cost €500 or less per month, and which accept rent allowance. 463 properties.)

As for having to move creche, school and college - yes, that would be disruptive for a family with young children, but surely becoming homeless and living in a hotel for over a year is a hell of a lot more disruptive and damaging to the children? I think most parents in that position would sacrifice a lot - even if it meant moving away from family and friends - if it would mean being able to continue to provide a roof over their children's heads.

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:47AM

Gatling wrote: »

That's bs seriously she was kicked out because she went to sun her ass off with her partner .
when in emergency accommodation if you disappear for several day then you loose your accommodation,
It's allocated to another family who obviously needed it more

No she wasn't! She had agreed they could use the room while she wasn't there. There were 2 vacant rooms in the hotel last night.

Gatling · 01-10-2014 11:49AM

mammytammy wrote: »

No she wasn't! She had agreed they could use the room while she wasn't there. There were 2 vacant rooms in the hotel last night.

She had no say in the matter she's using the sympathy card plain and simple .

Emergency accommodation doesn’t work like that there are no negotiations on room usage .

If you choose to leave accommodation for several consecutive days then your out

The hotel is under no obligation to give her another room .

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:50AM

So id shes relying on family/friends to babysit while In college what does she do then? Not go to college?

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 11:51AM

mammytammy wrote: »

So id shes relying on family/friends to babysit while In college what does she do then? Not go to college?

Probably sit down with the children's father to work out a solution.

(That's what I would do).

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:52AM

Shes standing up for everyone in her situation! But like I said no point saying anything to negative people. Unless you have been in that situation, you will never understand.

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:53AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Probably sit down with the children's father to work out a solution.

(That's what I would do).

Yes and that is what I would do, do you think she hasn't already!!

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 11:54AM

mammytammy wrote: »

Shes standing up for everyone in her situation! But like I said no point saying anything to negative people. Unless you have been in that situation, you will never understand.

Still would love to know what the fathers situation is.

He must be able to accommodate the kids to some extent.

Dravokivich · 01-10-2014 11:55AM

Gatling wrote: »

There is nothing stopping people looking and moving further afield for cheaper accommodation .
Ah sure it's grand sure tax payers fund our lifestyles.

Why would they pay from there own resources when everyone else pays for them.

The difference in rent is nothing when you start taking into account transport costs and the time spent commuting.

Sure I can afford to live in Balbriggan... but it'll take me 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home. Meaning I'll need to find a creche open from 6AM, that doesn't close before 8-ish.

Oh, wait, both of us decide to work? well if only one was to work, we'd have to upsticks further afield, taking even longer for either of us to get to work. Meaning every day is commuting and work.

Screw that.

Can't stand when people talk that shíte you just spouted without considering what it actually means.

Gatling · 01-10-2014 11:56AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Still would love to know what the fathers situation is.

He must be able to accommodate the kids to some extent.

Ask him on Facebook he enjoyed the holiday too

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 11:56AM

mammytammy wrote: »

Yes and that is what I would do, do you think she hasn't already!!

Yes.... Otherwise the situation wouldn't have got to this.

mammytammy · 01-10-2014 11:58AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Yes.... Otherwise the situation wouldn't have got to this.

You know I was homeless, and I sat down with my husband and we spoke. We still ended up homeless!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 01-10-2014 11:58AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Looks to me that hotel wants to take the money of the state and then not provide a adequate service.
And whats wrong with her taking a holiday, im sure she was been through enough the last year.

FFS, what a stupid question! Because the money could have been better spent providing for her children who are supposedly homeless! It's called priorities, which you clearly are unaware of.

Gatling · 01-10-2014 12:00PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

The difference in rent is nothing when you start taking into account transport costs and the time spent commuting.

Sure I can afford to live in Balbriggan... but it'll take me 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home. Meaning I'll need to find a creche open from 6AM, that doesn't close before 8-ish.

Oh, wait, both of us decide to work? well if only one was to work, we'd have to upsticks further afield, taking even longer for either of us to get to work. Meaning every day is commuting and work.

Screw that.

Can't stand when people talk that shíte you just spouted without considering what it actually means.

That's all fine when your actually working but when your sitting on benefits with your hand out .You don't have to worry about commuting to work now do you ( didn't think that far )
When your creche fees are been paid .
So yeah she can't afford 3/4 bed then she upsticks and finds somewhere she can afford like most normal people

wicklowstevo · 01-10-2014 12:00PM

Bollox ! she is playing he system to her advantage and when she loses its ! ooo poor me poor me "

haw about if she didnt have kids till she could afford to pay for them ,

she went on holidays with partner where does he live tammy ? you seem to know all about it

i feel for the genuine cases of people who are i trouble because of high rents and loss of jobs but she is nt one of them,

another case of the over inflated sense of entitlment that some many people have in the country,

if you want something like a house and car and holiday then work for it like most people do

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 12:05PM

mammytammy wrote: »

You know I was homeless, and I sat down with my husband and we spoke. We still ended up homeless!

So this woman's partner also lives in a tent?

bluemartin · 01-10-2014 12:07PM

whatever the ins and out of this story, this mother and children were thrown out of their home over a yesr ago due to rents rising at an alarming rate and they were placed in a b&b hotel.Imagine a whole year living in a situation like that!

The government were warned that they was a tusami of homelessnesd coming down the line and what are they doing about it? Absoloutely nothing, the situation is just going to get worse and worse.

gazzer · 01-10-2014 12:09PM

So she is homeless for 13 months yet had a baby in July. So she got pregnant while she was homeless ?? FFS. Maybe I am been too harsh but could she not have used protection to prevent her having another child until she was in a more stable environment?

Plenty of working poor out there who would love to have a holiday but simply cant afford it. The money spent on that holiday could have been spread out over the next year or so to make up the difference between what she was paying in rent before the rent was put up to a grand a month.

BoJack Horseman · 01-10-2014 12:11PM

bluemartin wrote: »

The government were warned that they was a tusami of homelessnesd coming down the line and what are they doing about it? Absoloutely nothing, the situation is just going to get worse and worse.

There is a considerable lack of new social housing builds alright.
However there is a massive deficy in all infrastructure expenditures.

Hopefully it will ease when the government debt crisis abates.

Woman and 2 kids evicted from emergency accommodation....

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