The Government Couldn’t Care Less
I was the registered care provider for both of my parents for twenty years, since I was 14. Eventually, both of them passed. We lived in a council property, which was UK government housing. A week after my father passed, I was given 28 days to vacate the house I had lived in my entire life. The government was under absolutely no obligation to rehouse me, and the extent of the help they could offer was the number of homeless shelter charities.
When my mom passed, I attempted to update the tenancy to my name, but my dad took ill before I could file the paperwork. I was told I needed to file different paperwork to account for his illness. The fact that I had lived here for my entire life meant nothing. All because I had the nerve to care for my parents but not list myself as a tenant.