Aloa. Kleine Umfrage zur Rente ... ist die Rente in Deutschland ein Schneeballsystem? #renter #dierenteistsicher
Ja
0%
Nein
100%
Bin mir nicht sicher
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Ugh, we have a rental inspection on the 20th.

#renter #realestate #poor #Poverty #CostOfLivingCrisis #RecordProfitsCrisis #rent

Grundsicherung ist nicht gleich Grundsicherung

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Grundsicherung ist nicht gleich Grundsicherung

Die Umbenennung von #Bürgergeld in #Grundsicherung ist verwirrend und möglicherweise gewollt manipulativ: Den Begriff Grundsicherung gibt es bereits im #S...

~UNEMPLOYMENT GOTHIC~
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OCTEC refuse to transfer me, saying that they can't do it. I explain that they can, and they insist that only DEWR can. I explain that centrelink told me that they can transfer me and that calling DEWR will mean hours on hold. The OCTEC guy explains that then transferring me means them filling out a form, giving it to me for Verto to also sign, then bringing it back for them, and then his manager signing it as well, and then the transfer will take place, and "I don't have time to do all that" ('all that' is literally his job).

I told him that centrelink said they wouldn't want to transfer me because it's losing money, and I just needed to demand it happens. I explain again that I was listed with them without discussion and that contravenes my rights. He says he doesn't have time for RIGHTS. I tell him I want the forms done, and he does them. It takes him less time to do that than he took explaining that he couldn't do them. I have no intention of getting them signed by Verto, I just wanted to make him do something.

So I go to Verto. They can't do anything, but suggest I call DEWR. It's 11.14am and I'm still on hold with DEWR at this point. They also explain that recently OCTEC lost their government contract for doing disability support services so I wouldn't be able to stay with them anyway, they'd just have to transfer me to Verto.

I get home. It's 12.07pm. I'm still on the phone with DEWR. The voice over tells me "Did you know, if you want to change your employment provider you can do so online through Workforce Australia". So I get online and change my employment provider. It's at a "pending" status, so I don't know if it actually worked.

I don't trust it, so I'm still going to talk to DEWR.

It's 13.12pm.

I'm still on hold.

#Unemployment #Centerlink #CostOfLivingCrisis #RecordProfitsCrisis #rent #renter #Australia #AusPol #disability

~UNEMPLOYMENT GOTHIC~

Last night at 6.43pm I got a phone call from someone saying they were from centrelink. They asked me to verify my details by giving them my full name, date of birth, and address... which I refused to do.

I asked why they hadn't sent a letter to my my.gov email, and they said that it was a matter that's best dealt with via a phone call and that they couldn't go into it further unless I verified my details. I told them I'd go into centrelink today and talk to them.

So, today I go to centrelink. The issue is that I was exited from my disability support provider (who does nothing, btw) for having been with them for 12 months. So I had to be recommenced with a disability support provider.. fine, I was expecting this for a couple of months now, and I'd like to be put back with Verto.

Oh, the person who called me already put me on with OCTEC, without discussing it with me, and centrelink can't change it.

So, I get sent down to OCTEC to ask them to transfer me to Verto.. and while I'm waiting to see someone I phone the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) because I know that OCTEC is going to refuse to transfer me because every person they have on their books is money they get. It's 10.52am when the call connects.

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#Unemployment #Centerlink #CostOfLivingCrisis #RecordProfitsCrisis #rent #renter #Australia #AusPol #disability

Even with indexing, Jobseeker is 60% below the Henderson Poverty Line.

The Henderson Poverty Line is the minimum disposable income required for a household to maintain an "austere" standard of living.

If a household's income falls below the Henderson Poverty Line, they are considered to be in poverty.

Poverty is created by governments.

The Australian government continues to deliberately push unemployed people into severe poverty.
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"For singles over 22, jobseeker payments will increase by [$6.25 a week] , to a total of [$396.80 a week]."

" But anti-poverty advocates argue the small rise in benefits will do little to help elevate the financial struggle millions of Australians are facing, calling for payments to be lifted in line with the Henderson poverty line of $660.72 a week for a single person."

#AusPol #Australia #JobSeeker #poor #Poverty #Unemployment #Centerlink #CostOfLivingCrisis #RecordProfitsCrisis #rent #renter

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/17/centrelink-pension-welfare-payments-increase-slightly-jobseeker-youth-allowance-cpi-indexation

From jobseeker to the pension, Centrelink welfare payments are about to increase – slightly

Payments to increase on Saturday with indexation, with youth allowance to become $1,027.70 a fortnight and jobseeker to be $793.60 a fortnight

The Guardian
Hi there, so for people #Renting apartments now or who have experience, I am looking for tips that I should be aware of as a first time #Renter. I'm moving out soon, and I know that for the most part, I will have to buy my own furniture, but how are things like paying the utilities done? My knowledge of renting tells me that a lot of companies only take checks or cash for paying the utilities, but is that really true nowadays? Do y'all have like a separate account for putting rent money in to each month or bi-weekly so that you can just send over the entire rent payment at once without having to worry, so like for example, I get paid bi-weekly, but i put half the payment in the first week in to an account and the second half the next time I get paid and it all just comes out when the rent is due? I am trying to learn strategies here so that I can rent successfully. I'm living independently for the very first time and I want to do it right. also, I am #Blind. but learning these strategies early is probably a good thing, because the less problems I have, the better.

The squatter had a fridge in there. I am guessing it was defrosting because the freezer door was open. In the puddle of water was an extension cable with multiple outlets and multiple things plugged in. There was no circuit breaker or GFI.

My dad had wanted to come in, I immediately sent him out. Barefoot in a puddle of water with electricity is not safe.

I disrupted power and mopped the floor.

#squatter #renter

Sigh. This just happened 4 minutes ago.

I check the security cameras and see the person is moving things out. I delay my plans to drop off construction materials there.

Dad calls me to tell me he gave the squatter a 2 week extension. The person said they got a promotion and are being sent out of the country for a week. I think it is a lie, and this deadline date has been known for 65 days.

#squatter #renter

Get yourself a submissive who's a carpenter..

I was having a bit of a complain to him yesterday that our shower has started losing its silicone sealing and water is starting to run out between the bottom of the shower screen and the tile flooring, and how much I hate having to approach the real estate for repairs like that because it is always a risk that the owners will decide to just sell because they are annoyed with organising repairs (especially with the housing market being so inflated atm).

He popped past this morning to have his cock cage locked up for the day, and took a look at it - "yeah, that'll take me about an hour to fix for you, if you'll let me?"

Let you? Baby, I'll have you do it naked while I watch with a crop in my hand. Let's make this fun for everyone involved..

#kink #bdsm #Ds #Dominant #submissive #HomeRepairs #DIY #renter