27 days unemployed

I receive a text message from DWP  

“Universal credit payments include your rent. We need to see your tenancy agreement which MUST show your landlords signature to confirm rent costs”

My blood runs cold, i have already used my savings to pay last months rent, my next rent is due in less than 26 days and now they are saying they don’t have the information to pay my rent??

I call the 0330 number

28mins on the phone

I explain fully my situation, the periodic contract the fact that my claiming benefits could well jeopodise ,my home as well as my landlords mortgage.... 

i receive no empathy or sympathy, just the simple question “have you been served notice” no i reply  “then we would need the contract dated within 3 months”  

i hang up the phone and for the first time since all this happened i cry...

I wont explain what happened next, but DWP now have a shiny new ‘signed’ AST

My job search continues and I am worried how i am going to pay my credit cards and loan.

I only have 7 more weeks of applying for jobs specific to my knowledge, skills and experience, after which i will be expected to apply for any job paying £7.50ph which is upto 90mins travelling time away.. if achieved this will leave me in deficit each month as travelling cost will most likely out weight my take home pay...

This is my first experience of claiming benefits and i have found it soul destroying and upsetting

I really feel for those who are claiming long term and who’s skills find them only able to apply for minimum wage jobs.

I am very aware that society as a whole ar struggling to make ends meet, living pay packet to pay packet, i was the same, i was just lucky that my wage was good, however now i am limited to £317 per month my outgoings seriously out weigh my income, this will effect my credit rating which was good and improving monthly with every on time payment

I do not know how long I will be unemployed for, I have been shocked just how many employers and agencies don’t even send an acknowledgment email for your application, I have gone past taking it all personally and just try to have faith in myself that i will find a job eventually.