Millennium politicians like to say that getting benefits, housing and support is too easy for too many people.
 
Au contraire.
 
In this episode, Niki talks about the ways that trying to get that help takes over your life.
 
Niki has a young autistic son, a tiny, rented one-bedroom flat for her family's four members (the landlord wants to raise the rent) and an almost full-time (unpaid) job wrangling the benefits and housing systems for support.
 
Easy it is not.

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The podcast heads to Hackney council to ask to speak to someone about Latoya's desperation for a swap to a home when her son won't get injured.

The council shows this podcast the door - though we absolutely refuse to leave. We are staying until someone from the council or the ruling Labour group gives an interview.

Also - a few lines about how outfits like councils and government departments such as the department of work and pensions use press statements to blatantly lie about the services they claim to provide.

Enjoy. 


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Latoya is the mother of a 7 year old boy who has autism.

The boy is heading for calamity in the family's present home, which everyone who sees him, including professionals, understands within five minutes of watching him.

Will Hackney council help the family find a safer place to live?

Answer at the moment is probably no, given that Hackney council refuses to even talk about it. They need to have a quiet think about that, because we will be back. My word.



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