I was offered a house which was in dilapidated condition from the council.

At the time an acquaintance tried to sort me out with a shared private let,

rather than move into this house of horrors, but this fell through.

The council deemed me intentionally homeless because of this.

I was refused access to my housing officer and refused my right to make a complaint about the property,

at the time when i had to make a decision.

I had a couple of days time frame to make this decision.

My appeal failed and i was to be cast onto the streets like a leper, but fortunately luck was on my side.

An near impossible feat for an unemployed person in Edinburgh,

i found a private let through an x-landlord i was with while i was at university here.

So my question is,

how long does this unusual punishment last if you are struck of by a council?

Is that it for you?

are you just left to die on the streets or maybe luckily find a prison cell?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124422960@N08/with/14339100655/

some pictures from a temporary accommodation dwelling courtesy of Edinburgh council and associated partners. A few of my holiday snaps

heres the house i refused

I wish i could offer soemthing constructive, but they did similar to me and far worse 9 years ago and not been able to recover since.

They not only stole my home and sold it to private developers, they stole most of my possessions and all 'papers'. So no bank account. No benefits. Unable to work. They beat me, Dislocated my back and jaw.....and far worse that I won't go into on a public forum here. It's not just construction workers that get blacklisted by the state- and that was just early stages. They've stolen what should have been the best years of my life anyway and i can't even find out what their names are. They also gang raped the woman who should have been wife.

Fact is suspected G-men can do whatever they like with immunity. Epitomised by the fact that they also creep up behind people wearing disguises and shoot them repeatedly in the head.

Far worse place than the official prisons they put me in for a while......if you are targetted you have no chance and no hope of rebuilding a life for yourself ever again. My prference was to die on the streets.....so still in a kind of prison now with no possibilty of parole. Constant surveillance, constant pain....trouble even walking far and they refuse medical attention even if i was inclined to accept it.

jeez man, that is pretty poor......on the streets definately looks safer.....what would they do to a private landlord renting that out?

Would there have been some funds provided to tidy it up a bit ?

Looks ok to me, seems you want jam on it.

well, remind me not to take you up on that dinner invite conniff. They would have given us £40 to paint citizen b. You can apply to charities for items for the place, but as you can see it is not fit to furnish by a long shot. They wanted to move me straight in there, no warning

It just seems a shame as there are a million people out there who would give their right arm for a place like that.

well just shows you the state of this country and the people who run it need to be held accountable. There paying out £700 to £1800 a week to store people in half way houses, while they sold of all the social housing on the cheap and never replaced it. I hardly blame the poor people who have had these circumstance inflicted upon them

well, remind me not to take you up on that dinner invite conniff. They would have given us £40 to paint citizen b. You can apply to charities for items for the place, but as you can see it is not fit to furnish by a long shot. They wanted to move me straight in there, no warning

Ah right, I certainly wouldn't want to move in there without it being a bit cleaner that's for sure. But I guess with a bit of paint and elbow grease then it could possibly be made quite comfy!

Although many people suggest shelter

I have to say I found them a facade with a fancy name.

When i became homeless i phoned an 0845 number to get through to them and spent a £10 waiting on the line just to be told they could not help.

Theres no point in lying to you, council temp accommodation does make you feel like your on gods waiting table.

If you do find you have no choice but to accept temp accommodation, make sure you speak up if there is any problems.

If you do not officially complain and be articulate about it you will be left there.

They do however respond to complaints, and you are most likely going to be served a turkey to begin with. If at council office best to record any meetings on your cellphone so you can refer to things later.

They tell you you are not allowed to and will terminate meetings if you admit it,

but it is your personal right to do so for reference purposes and only becomes a crime when passed on to another person.

They are notoriously incompetent and corrupt so i suggest you do so. there are also a range of apps for recording incoming phone calls, for samsung it is called a "galaxy recorder".

The battle begins when you enter these temp accom places believe me, so prepare yourself.

At least this way you can speak with assurance that you know what you are talking about, and if it ever came to a court case you will have cover

i just can't work this out....looked like i was being 'allowed' to post ok again....but my posts ont his thread are only visible to me after i logged in? they're not there when i'm not logged in...so can anybody else see them? also odd i'm not subscribed to any threads......so looks to me like a corrupted user profile or the general 'fascism' thing again....

be my guest

I am assuming this is in response to my post?

Whilst I agree that is disgraceful that any Housing authority would have such properties on their books, If I were desperate for a home, then I would certainly roll up my sleeves !

Your video didn't actually show the true state of the place because it was so dark. I noticed that you didn't film the kitchen or go too far into the bathroom.

no citizen b it was not i was responding to coniff

the video focuses on the damage, the kitchen and bathroom were new

the video focuses on the damage, the kitchen and bathroom were new

If this is so, then I think a lot of people would have jumped at the opportunity.

sorry i had gotten your posts mixed up with coniffs, i have found his commenting rather patronizing and offensive

the video focuses on the damage, the kitchen and bathroom were new

In that case I think you can double the people in #7

http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/how_we_can_help/_free_housing_advice_helpline

I am not sure why you spent £10.00 on an 0845 number when their housing helpline is free ?

the people who seem to be in control of this forum are petty and have a superiority complexs. They accuse me of not taking advice and reacting negatively to advice, and trying to stifle other peoples opinions, when in fact they close my own threads, and then continue to post on them after i have been denied access. This is the behaviour of a bunch of spoiled school boy

well it was not 5 years ago

the good Samaritans are an 0845 no now, saw it with my own eyes in the doctors surgery the other day. Good if your feeling suicidal due to benefit cuts eh

it does seem that they have now revised there practise and are now using 0808 no which are costly from a mobile but you can download a free app now according to moneyexpert.com

it has come to my attention that none of these so called gods of the forum, the chosen ones with such overseeing good advice, have not even attempted to answer my question yet. Instead they have insisted on putting all their energy and resources into demeaning my post, acting like a blue collar gang

Chris, this isn't about gods or being demeaning. If you're asking for opions and advice sometimes you might not always agree with what comes back. We're not seeking to do anything other than be objective. It's pointless blindly agreeing or sympathising with people when, in reality, it doesn't help.

I'm sure someone with the answers to your questions will help - but it seems that you might be best contacting the council and hearing it from them.

yes but the difference is if you disagree with the admin on this site you get your thread banned while they continue to post on it like a desk top mafia. They are generally demeaning and insulting and if you try and defend your self you get banned. This is a bureaucrats forum, not a consumer action group

I don't see anyone posting on a closed forum ??

there were posts made on my initial post in the benefits section after i was denied the right to post. you were one of them

Show me, quote them here ??