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In tears at NAS

Rose
14 days ago

I am so upset, 

I am in a terrible situation, I live in a flat and next door are drug sellers (and users) they have had knives in the close, they have thrown a metal crutch out of the window and they are always loitering in the close. 

I have called police on lots of occasions: the neighbours are arrested and kept in jail for up to a week or so and then are let free. I have complained over five years to the housing, I cant get out my flat much due to them as they are intimidating and horrible. Sometimes there are lots of men in the close. my housing wont help. 

I attended a NAS meeting near me once, and could not get to other meetings due to the neighbours behaviours. There is a housing I could get if I proved that I attended support NAS meetings by getting a letter from NAS but it is a catch 22 NAS will not give me the letter unless I attend more meetings. 

I told the lady at nas that i had been abused once by a man years ago and that I cant go private rent as I have visual stress and need to decorate in a nice way. She was very cold and ended up ghosting me. She did not even say she was sorry to hear about everything I was going through and I feel I was tossed aside by her. I felt that they did not know how to converse with autistic people. 

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  • 13 days ago

    My heart goes out to you Rose.

    It's going back more than two decades, but I used to live in a block of council maisonettes where there were similar issues. Accessing my maisonette involved the use of a communal stairway, which was littered with used syringes, plus human excrement that was smeared on the walls. It definitely wasn't the kind of environment that I wanted to be raising my young son in.

    I feel disappointed for you that the response you received from NAS wasn't particularly helpful. You say you have complained to the police, but have you tried involving your local MP or councillors?

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  • 13 days ago

    My heart goes out to you Rose.

    It's going back more than two decades, but I used to live in a block of council maisonettes where there were similar issues. Accessing my maisonette involved the use of a communal stairway, which was littered with used syringes, plus human excrement that was smeared on the walls. It definitely wasn't the kind of environment that I wanted to be raising my young son in.

    I feel disappointed for you that the response you received from NAS wasn't particularly helpful. You say you have complained to the police, but have you tried involving your local MP or councillors?

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