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Help stateless victim save family home

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Hello all, I am starting this page on behalf of my daughter; her pride would not allow her to ask for help from anyone but there is a time when we all need a little help. My daughter Amanda Bruce is a victim of a situation similar to that of the wind rush generation. She was made stateless in February 2016 and was unable to work, lost her job and unable to claim any benefits until the resolution in May 2018 and was given a passport within 24 hours of calling the wind rush hotline and reinstating her right to work. I am a British citizen , as was my partner. We went on a family holiday  to Australia for a year (as my partners both again British parents emigrated to in the 1960,s)where my daughter was born. We returned to the UK when she was just 6 months old and has spent her entire life in this country, worked from the age of 16, paid her taxes all up until February 2016. Amanda is a hard working single mother of 2 children, she has struggled to keep the roof over her and her children’s family home in which they have lived for over 10 years . The past 2 years with no income have left her in tremendous debt. Unable to pay council tax which is now in arrears of £2,500 and her rent which is now in arrears of £2000. During the period of being unable to work or claim, my daughter prioritised feeding her son and daughter with the money friends, family and the children’s father although separated; all while sometimes starving her self and paying what little she could to keep the house as the council could not help her in any way due to the fact she was not classed as a British citizen by the government(and was unable to even claim food bank vouchers as she was not in receipt of any benefits due to being left stateless) . My daughter is now faced with the threat of eviction from her private rent company  and is unable to be rehoused by the council due to the arrears over the 2 years she could not pay them (a catch 22 situation) . Bailiffs are a common sight knocking on her doors and she fears for her son and daughters well being. We do not come from a rich family, we are working class people and have struggled to keep the rent paid to date but have fallen behind and struggling to get the money together to keep the house. The Christmas  holidays are coming up and while many will be celebrating, I know that my daughter will be having many sleepless nights fearing the risk of losing everything through no fault of her own. We are distraught at the way our own government has treated us over these past 2 years; when a hard working individual is victimised by the very system they have worked in for over 20 years. We ask you today for help. All we  want for Christmas this year is to know that my daughter and my grandchildren will sleep in their own beds on Christmas Eve. If you wish to read more on this story, the article can be found on the evening telegraph website. I would also like to note that the wind rush compensation scheme(to which was our only means of calling the hotline to get this horrid situation finally sorted) is still in the works and we have been told it could take over 5 years to receive a penny if any ; the threat of eviction is immediate and we worry how long it will be before they are homeless. We hope you can find it in your hearts to help us in our time of need and we thank you all sincerely for taking the time to read my daughters horrific story. Any sort of help would go a long way and would be greatly appreciated, thank you all. We hope no more people are affected by this in the future it really is a horrendous situation for anyone thank you.
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