Hemlöshetsindustrin inte alltid till hemlösas fördel

Hemlöshet är ett gissel, och visst borde vi bygga bostäder istället för att ägna oss åt välgörenhet och kosmetika. Men problemet har även andra dimensioner. Vad gör vi med dem som av skiftande skäl inte klarar att leva tillsammans med andra utan att göra deras liv till ett helvete?

Följande artikel från dagens The Mail illustrerar problemet:

"Evicted! The mother and daughter team who made neighbours' lives a misery with all-night drunken parties

Kim O'Horo, 39, and her daughter Katie, 17, thrown out of Burnley home. Neighbours complained of one guest walking down the street with an axe Another guest was stabbed and a third kidnapped

By Graham Smith

Last updated at 11:27 AM on 19th December 2011

A mother and daughter have been evicted from their home after hosting all-night drunken parties that left neighbours fearing for their safety and one local resident contemplating suicide.

Kim O'Horo, 39, and her 17-year-old daughter Katie regularly invited friends back to their terraced house in Burnley, Lancashire.

But the noise and threatening behaviour of guests leaving the property in the early hours resulted in police receiving a string of complaints, Reedley Magistrates Court was told.

Male guests regularly fought each other in the street and hurled abuse at those who complained.

Neighbours reported one man carrying an axe in the street, while another was stabbed and a third kidnapped.

Lancashire police won a court 'closure order' on Thursday and the following day O'Horo and her daughter were evicted from their home and the property boarded up.

When police eventually served the legal notices, they first had to seize the women's snarling pit bull dog to avoid being mauled.

An interim Asbo was also served, banning the pair from the local area. They face up to five years in jail if they are caught causing trouble in the neighbourhood - including making offensive hand gestures - and if they are found at their former home they face a £5,000 fine and six months imprisonment.

In just the last three months, police and Burnley Borough Council had received more than 20 complaints from residents about drunken behaviour, swearing, shouting, fighting, parties and loud music.

Many neighbours were said to be too scared to report the anti-social behaviour for fear of reprisals.

One elderly woman who asked not to be named said in a statement: 'I’ve lived in the area for 60 years and I had to go out every day to get away from the trouble. I dreaded walking out on the street and often just sat and cried.'

Another woman said: 'I felt constantly intimidated and was scared just to walk past the house.'

A man who lived nearby said he 'felt suicidal and feared for his safety'.

In court, prosecutor Richard Taylor said: 'There have been parties, numerous visitors on numerous days and at all hours and because of the parties there are people reporting drunken behaviour on the streets.

'On November 9, a group of males were in the area, with one male carrying an axe. And on November 26, there were reports of a man being stabbed in the locality of the house. A man was kidnapped on the street.

'I think there’s evidence to allow you to close the house considering the behaviour and violence offences and noise levels.'

Defence lawyer Daniel Frazer, said O'Horo and her daughter will now fight the application for a permanent Asbo.

He said: 'There have been occasions where the police have been called with reports of loud music but arrived to find that nothing is going on. They feel they are being punished by association.'
Rowdy: Male guests regularly fought each other in the street and hurled abuse at those who complained

But WPc Michelle Horne said: 'We have worked tirelessly compiling statements and gathering evidence against the property, taking a stand for those whose lives have been blighted by inconsiderate and disruptive anti-social behaviour.

'We have put a number of interventions in place to help the residents at the address but these have unfortunately proved unsuccessful.'

Local councillor Neil Mottershead said: 'No-one should have to put up with this kind of appalling anti-social behaviour and I hope that these orders will improve the quality of life for people in this area.'

A full Asbo hearing is scheduled for February 22 at Reedley Magistrates Court."

Hedda Sandström, det är ett problem där. Men vi måste intressera oss mer för hemlöshetens problem och låta det hamna betydligt högre upp på prioritetslistan och inte bara strunta i det som nu. Utländska medborgare som flyttar hit är garanterade bostad med betald hyra t.o.m. antingen de missköter sig eller ej. Varför ska svenska medborgare inte ha samma hjälp om de behöver det? Det går inte an att låta människor bo på gatan.

Det finns säkert många orsaker till hemlöshet, man måste lyssna på deras historia och försöka ge dem adekvat hjälp förutom tak over huvudet en dörr att låsa om sig och en egen säng och kokmöjligheter, toilett och dylika basala faciliteter samt ev. sjukvård, missbruksvård eller vad det kan vara som behövs..

Till dig som skrev den första kommentaren vill jag bara säga: Det är väl ändå två som väljer att bo ihop från första början och om det senare visar inte fungera, så kan väl inte detta vara ett skäl till att den ene ska bli hemlös för detta. Och en av två historier om vad som inte fungerade, behöver inte upplevts likadant av den andre. Det finns alltid två sidor och upplevelser kring "sanningen"!