I’m in private housing and am lucky that it’s reasonably priced compared to other properties in the town I live in, but is still £675 a month for a 2 bed for me and my son. I’m also lucky to have a really nice landlady who doesn’t put rent up too much and covers all repairs etc.

I do always have anxiety that if she decided to sell, I wouldn’t be able to afford anywhere else. There are very few 2 bed council properties around here.

I would like the sense of security that comes with social housing but love where we are at the minute and my son is very attached to it (and has anxiety so I wouldn’t want to move him.)

My universal credit basically covers my rent and council tax but nothing else.

Last year my landlord needed to move back to his property and it was difficult to find another house for the size of my family. As if that was not enough, the costs had doubled from pandemic times. It was not affordable. As a family, we had to resort to social housing as opposed to the private house that we were in. We are now in temporary accommodation awaiting a house to be allocated. It does not help much because temporary furnished flats are even more expensive. It is unbearable. I cannot talk about coping because we are not.

Hello, everyone. The question of the week. How are you managing housing cause super difficulty? Super is struggling because the bills have increased a lot. The food is incredible. You go to a supermarket that and the cost of the food is this massive quite worried? You know quite worried? No, super worried about what we can do.

Because, most of my income is going on food and pay the bills and an emergency or any repairing the house, or if I need to replace any furniture or anything. I can't afford. It is super worried because I don't know how I can.

Thinking in the future, how can be in the future? I'm, I try to do my best. I try to not spend too much and things, we don't need it because of the life is incredible. And my son is little his grow up. I need to buy some things for him. The uniforms, the things affecting a lot.

I manage at the moment as I pay a small mortgage but this will end in 2027.

The hidden costs are I have to repair and maintain everything myself and pay lots of extra insurances to cover building and contents.

I am looking to downsize and move to a cheaper town/ city as I will no longer be able to afford anything in the city I live in.

I am hoping to buy outright so I don't have housing costs other than repairs etc.

Hey

Is a cold day today,my baby not feeling okay will take her to the GP today

Hey

No I didn't get any help in my area at the moment

I think the real question here would be: Are there any? If so, can somebody tell me who or where I can find them?

-First of all, GP’s are either ill-equipped or not adequately trained to tackle mental health. First response is either being dismissive or shoving anti-depressants to anyone. Secondly, the government/NHS mental health services are over-subscribed which means waiting lists of at least 3yrs. I was given the contacts for Breathing Space and Samaritans, who do not actually help with mental health support but will lend a listening ear when you’re in crisis. Most cases only get escalated or expedited when people present with suicidal plans. Very sad, shocking and actually unacceptable that people should only receive due support/attention only at emergency or crisis point.

I hope I never ever meet Liz Kendall in person! For if I did I would give her a piece of my mind she would never forget.

I have just been reading through her speech from yesterday.

"Benefit reform is like the fight for women’s equality", states the work and pensions secretary.

Forgive me if I am wrong here but weren't the rights of women fought by women who were affected and concerned by those rights. Where as benefit reforms are being led by policy and decision makers.

Spot the big difference here?

Liz Kendall is an ignorant malicious individual with no real clue about life with a disability.

Exactly what planet is she on to believe that cutting benefits of the people who need extra support equates to the struggles of the suffragettes?

In short, the whole debacle was a word salad peppered with vile lies.

Would have been more truthful had she said "we are simply not prepared to tax the rich but will go ahead and take cuts from the disabled instead"!

She better hope she doesn't cross my 'Pathway' any time soon that's for sure.

Honestly I have not found my mental health professional in my area. I don't even know how to begin, I just make sure to keep myself busy so that I don't think too much and stress out things I cannot control.

Life in Scotland hasn’t really been easy especially being relatively new. I suffered unemployment for over a year and I lived on food bank and support from church. I couldn’t pay my bills at some point despite been a graduate. I later moved to Glasgow from Aberdeen. And I believe with me volunteering currently now that my experience would improve my employability chances in the future.

As a parent and full-time carer to a neurodivergent child, getting mental health support has felt like climbing a mountain with no path. I’m expected to carry so much—advocating, caring, surviving—and yet when I ask for help for my mental wellbeing, the system seems surprised I even need it.

Add to that being from an ethnic minority background, and it gets even harder. Cultural stigma, language barriers, and a lack of representation in services make it feel like these spaces weren’t built for people like me. I’ve often felt unseen, or worse—judged.

What I need is to be treated as a whole person, not just a role. A carer, yes. A mother, yes. But also someone with feelings, limits, and a right to care too.

I’m feeling a bit exhausted from work. I feel like not going into work but I need to get up, get dressed and go win today. Sometimes, I feel I need to go out more often to spend time alone. I just want to wake up in a lovely hotel by the sea.. The biggest problem is how do I afford this trip. Some day one day.. I’m gonna achieve that. I will look back to this memory and smile☺️.