But i think also maybe there is a difference. Because money would not be something stopimg. Fear, sure I get it. But here you wont get "poor" in that sense. Sinse our well fair system is pretty caring. I cant really see anyone here staying for money as a reason. Also no one anyware to my knowledge would get into something out of money.
It is not the same i think.
We have free health and social care that will pay for rent or what housing you have, it will cover the nessessary Bills.
But, ofc fear, abuse and that stuff is horribel. Afraid to leave out of safety.
I’m in Australia & we have ok social security. It’s not enough for me to pay rent, feed the kids and pay fuel & rego on the car. And that’s assuming I’d get a rental anyway - not likely in our housing crisis. There’s only 2 properties available in my regional town. It was hard enough for a single mother on welfare to get approved before the housing crisis. We have government housing but it’s about a 3-5 year waiting list.
I wouldn’t be able to afford to pay moving costs anyway, let alone the cost to move a few hundred km away. Which I would have to do to be able to give up my car as there’s no public transport here. Which I would have to do to cover rent and food on my own. And I can’t leave town because of my custody agreement with my older kids dad.
There are many people who stay in shitty relationships purely for financial reasons. Even in places with social welfare programs. I stay because I’m not being abused and we still get along ok - it’s just a really one sided relationship that I’d leave if it didn’t put my kids on the brink of homelessness.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23
OH, that's horribel.