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Evicted Mother & 16 year old Daughter
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm wondering why this individual and her daughter were evicted from their home in the first place. Was it for anti social behaviour of some kind? I can understand your frustration and the feeling that you are now being taken advantage of. Bluntly I feel you must take the bull by its horns now and give them a date to leave, telling the daughter than in the meantime you expect her to be washed, dressed and out of bed by 8 a.m and out looking for a job. . As part of this "reality wake-up ", I would tell them you intend taking your bedroom back forthwith as your "poor back" will no longer allow you to sleep on the sofa. Also, bring some boxes home from the supermarket so they can pack their things in to ram the message home.
Do you have any friends/relatives you can confide in and get them to come for a couple of nights, so that they simply have to move out? Is there a Salvation Army hostel in the area you could drive them to? I really feel for you. This is a horrible situation in which to find yourself, especially when it has arisen from your kind heartedness. However, I suspect they may by lying to you about no other help being available to them from the council. Why not ring the Council yourself to find out how they deal with such cases. Perhaps they're just too comfortable at your place to have made any effort to resolve their problems. Oh, and by the way, ask for your house key back immediately if they've got one, (just to protect yourself) and to let them know you mean business.
Good luck. Keep us updated.