Required to pay rent and school arrears

Difficult conditions threaten Abu Zeid with imprisonment and the displacement of his family

(Abu Zeid) lived a stable life with his family of six, and he worked in a contracting company with a salary of 22 thousand dirhams, and his financial affairs were stable until last November, when he was surprised by a letter informing him of the termination of his services, and he tried to search for a new job opportunity, and he accumulated debts, and he was deprived His four children are unable to continue their studies because of school arrears of 41 thousand and 400 dirhams, and his family is exposed to being evicted from the house and homelessness due to the accumulation of school arrears of 42 thousand dirhams, and currently (Abu Zeid) is threatened with entering prison if the rent is not paid, appealing to the people of good and the merciful hearts to extend a helping hand And help him pay off his debts in order to protect his family from lost homelessness.

In detail, (Abu Zeid - a Jordanian - 51 years old) said to "Emirates Today" that last November he was surprised by an email from the company’s management informing him to end his services from the company, because the company suffered a financial loss, which led to the dismissal of all its employees. He is looking for a new job, and because of the lack of a stable source of income since last year, he has accumulated debts, his children were prevented from continuing their studies, and the apartment owner threatened him with eviction if the rent arrears were not paid.

He added that he faced great difficulty in managing the rent incurred by him, in addition to the school arrears for his children for the past year, and his debts have also accumulated.

He explained that he had been working in the state since 2000, and his life was stable, as he received a monthly salary of 22 thousand dirhams, which he spent on his family of six, and he sends part of it to his family in Jordan, and he pays the rent of the house and was able to join his four children (Hanin - 13 years old), (Zaid - 11 years old), (Raghad - 9 years) and (Khaled - 8 years old) in different classes to follow their educational career, which caused his heart to flow on them and they are prevented from continuing their studies.

(Abu Zeid) indicated that after his financial affairs had greatly worsened, he stood unable to pay rent and study arrears and manage his life, and his children stopped their studies, as the school administration sent a written warning to stop his children from completing their studies for non-payment of last year's 41,000 school arrears. And 400 dirhams, and the owner of the apartment filed a lawsuit demanding that he pay the rent arrears amounting to 42 thousand dirhams, and threatened him with resorting to the judiciary and working on his imprisonment, and he and his family became threatened with homelessness, and the problem is that his difficult circumstances prevent these sums being secured, especially since he is unemployed.

He added that he tried to resort to several parties to help him solve his problem to no avail, and currently he does not know how to get out of this predicament, appealing to the people of goodness and those with merciful hearts and white hands to help him in light of the difficult circumstances he is going through.

Helping friends and family

(Abu Zayd) said that after completing his services from work, he tried to search for a job in many sectors, but he did not find any job, and after the expiry of his dues, the family became dependent on help from family, friends and neighbors, which hardly meets the needs of the family’s life of food and drink.

He explained that he fears that his family will become without shelter, breadwinner or support, especially since he is threatened with entering prison at any moment, pointing out that he is unable to provide even a small part of the rent arrears and school arrears for his children.

The owner of the building threatened “Abu Zeid” with expulsion from the apartment .. And the school administration forbade his children to study.