
Help Mina after getting fucked over by landlord
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Hi, I'm Mina, I'm a disabled trans woman with chronic pain and fatigue living in Edinburgh, and I've just moved into the accessible council flat of my dreams.
When I tried to move out of my old flat, my old flatmate found a new person to move in with them, but the landlord first tried to raise the rent from £800 to £1200, and then said they wouldn't allow my flatmate to continue living there under a new tenancy. Because of the laws around joint tenancies in Scotland (which are in the process of being updated to avoid situations like this), both of us would need to end the tenancy for any changes to be made, which would make my old flatmate homeless.
Of course I don't want to make her homeless, so I am remaining on the lease while she sorts this situation out (but she found a sub-letter to cover my half of the rent for the time being), but in the meantime I am in a really difficult and stressful financial situation where I spent all of my savings on moving and furnishing my new flat, had to pay 2 months of rent at both properties while I was moving (an additional cost of £800), and can't get my £750 deposit (which I was really relying upon) back in the foreseeable future. I had to borrow £400 from friends to help me pay rent on both properties, and now my bank account is spending most of its time in overdraft.
I am asking for £750, this would allow me to get out of my overdraft (currently £300), pay my friends back for helping me with the rent (also £300) and would be £150 toward paying my last bills of my old flat and my first bills of the new one. I would really appreciate any contributions, or any shares if you aren't able to donate at the moment.
Thank you.
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Mina Baird
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Scotland