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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
@CheerBear 💜🌈
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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MaggieSenior Contributor
@CheerBear . So many feels right now for you. 💜💕💜💕 So proud of all you have and are achieving. Sitting quietly with you in and through your pain. 💜💕💜💕☕️☕️☕️
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Love it @Teej .... ^^^
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
💜💐 @CheerBear
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ethSenior Contributor
Thinking of you @CheerBear and sending love your way. Read your post elsewhere and really feeling for you. Hope upon hope that you get the action you need from your landlord today. 
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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ethSenior Contributor
@CheerBear you could actually use the situation to say that the landlord has breeched the lease and get out with much less notice ....... but I totally get what a major hassle finding a place and moving is. That's why I suggested Anglicare, and I think Catholicare does it too, for a place to be immediately while you sort out a longer term situation. Community housing such as Compass, if it exists where you are, is another possibility.
Not in any way pushing you either way, stay or go, just letting you know there are services out there that can help if you want them too. A womens centre would also be able to help. Or there's the tenant's union if you need back-up to negotiate with your current landlord.
One other idea as a temporary part solution is to buy a cheap camping stove to see you through for a bit.
Just thinking out loud about your situation. Hope you don't mind. Lots of love xx
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
I appreciate you thinking out loud @eth, and taking the time to read and respond ❤ I really do.
The issue with moving is the single, unemployed parent with a black mark for not having the bond back from when we left the last house to strangers to pack it, as well as the patch of 'no fixed address' on my rental history. Not to mention the availability and affordability of housing and the expense of moving 🙁
As far as public and social housing goes, here it's a mess too. Even with priority access in the refuge we were told it was going to be an incredibly long wait for housing. I didn't realise that our name is still on the list for social housing (3 years later), until a few weeks ago when I received an email from office of housing to confirm whether we were still eligible. I thought we weren't eligible as we are now in private rental but there's a chance we might still be given the issues here. Again massive problem though which is once you get in that system you have to nominate three preferred areas and unless we get this area (which is a huge and has a big chance of needing to move quite a while away from the school), we would be moving a long way away if it happened. I can't do 'start again' anymore.
I'm stuck I think. I have a family support worker coming this afternoon and will run it all over with her. She can be my thinking brain as mine shut down when the gas did I think 😑
Sorry for the vent. Now I'm thinking out loud! I'm heading out for a bit, to settle banana brain. Thanks for listening ❤
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