Single mum-of-eight facing eviction from home over £4,000 unpaid rent

A single mum and her EIGHT kids are facing eviction from their home in a row over £4,000 in unpaid rent. I really dont know how to analyse this one. Where is/are the father of these kids,  what is/are they doing.

Marie Buchan says she struggles to live on the maximum annual £20,000 benefits due to the government cap. Can this ever happen in naija?



The 33-year-old appeared in court on Wednesday after failing to pay her £600 per month rent, the Birmingham Mail reported .

Housing association Bournville Village Trust is carrying out eviction procedures from the property in Selly Oak.

All of the outstanding rent has been racked up at the home she has occupied since last summer.

She will reappear on Monday where a county court judge will rule on the case. If the decision goes against her, the mum and her eight children will be evicted on April 13.

Channel 5 Marie Buchan
The mum-of-eight says she cannot live on £20,000-a-year benefits

Marie spoke out last year complaining she would be on the breadline following government cuts which saw her benefits fall from £26,000 to £20,000.

Devastated Marie told the Birmingham Mail: “Lots of people are getting themselves in this situation because of the benefits cap. Raising eight kids on the cap while paying full rent is hard enough.

“I have been trying to find work for a long time now but it is not that easy. As soon as you say you have eight dependents they don’t want to know. My only way out of the cap is doing 16 hours of work a week.”

She added: “It’s a very worrying time for me at the moment. If it goes the wrong way on Monday and the house is taken, where is the support to re-house me and my eight children?

“I am packing my stuff up as you should hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”