This discussion raises two points of interest to me.
Within the group of people who live on social welfare there is a large difference between those who have secure accommodation, (rent allowance, RAS, council house in ascending order of security) at a subsidised price.
And those people who have to pay for private rented accommodation out of their social welfare receipts. There is a lot of real hardship among this group.
The second point arising from this discussion is how frequent posters on AAM respond to people who come on here with debt problems.
They often get well meant advice on how to cut living expenses and prioritise debts.
The dirty little secret is that in Ireland today the best option for a lot of people is simply to pay their creditors nothing and walk away from their debts. As this case illustrates the consequences don't exist.
Shouldn't frequent posters on AAM point this out to those people who come on here looking for advice and seem to be unaware of this.
Within the group of people who live on social welfare there is a large difference between those who have secure accommodation, (rent allowance, RAS, council house in ascending order of security) at a subsidised price.
And those people who have to pay for private rented accommodation out of their social welfare receipts. There is a lot of real hardship among this group.
The second point arising from this discussion is how frequent posters on AAM respond to people who come on here with debt problems.
They often get well meant advice on how to cut living expenses and prioritise debts.
The dirty little secret is that in Ireland today the best option for a lot of people is simply to pay their creditors nothing and walk away from their debts. As this case illustrates the consequences don't exist.
Shouldn't frequent posters on AAM point this out to those people who come on here looking for advice and seem to be unaware of this.