The back end of 2018 was a little bit of a slap in the face for my little family and I. In the summer, the landlord which I rented my house from decided that, without any warning, they wanted to gain possession of their house. Myself, as a single parent with no job, who was still paying off debts from the move to the current household less than 1 year previous, was given 2 months to ship out and find somewhere else to live. Now if you've lived in rented accommodation you know that you need a little pot of money behind you to do this. I did not have this. It also came to my attention that even if I could source the money, 90% of the agencies/landlords would not accept me as I was relying on benefits at that time. I was stuck. 8 months on from receiving the letter and we now have a lovely, permanent residence through a housing association but the transition was not easy. However, after spending most of the 6 months I was without a fixed address Googling for advise on everything I thought writing a post about my experience might help someone, somewhere, in some way.
