Mooshie1956 wrote:vandal wrote: in the same way as Local Councils etc are not going to say "Yes, that's understandable that you're not in a position to pay your rent/ mortgage / council tax until the Summer."
I'm just going to pick this part out. Do you honestly think any judge in this land will make an eviction or court order for payment with these unprecedented conditions falling on us. Likewise if you have been told to self isolate for 4 months then it is government actions that have forced you to be unable to pay, unless you are getting relief money to pay essential bills. The most anyone you owe money to can hope for will be deferred payments, and I would suspect most including finance houses will be offering that. This will of course affect the economy but there's not a lot anyone can do about it.
This one we really are all in it together, so stay safe everyone and lets hope we all get through this.
I wouldn't like to think so, but you'd need co operation from Banks, Local Authorities, Landlords etc. It's just the logistics of it. A lot of elderly and vulnerable in our communities can't get the help and resources they need as it is without a Pandemic looming, and now being told there may be the possibility that they have to self isolate for 4 months. Have the Government / Banks etc given any assurances should the 4 month isolation come into play? Granted, this is unprecedented in our lifetime, but with other things like Universal Credit and the delays to payments and the stress and worry that has caused, people are / were threatened with eviction, do you really think the elderly or anyone else on their own who has to self isolate for 4 months are not going to worry about this?
There really needs to be clarity on this, it's not as simple as take 4 months out, we will sort it out later.
If / when the 4 Month thing comes into play, is it UK wide, or will it be a 'rolling' thing, depending on how severe the Virus is where you are - Ireland have closed Schools, Scotland have banned gatherings of more than 500 people - should the whole of the UK not be singing from the same songsheet?
Like I've said, there needs to be clarity. With only getting bits & pieces of information, that in itself is a worry.