I am currently in a council house and unfortunately due to how bad the area is with drugs and theft I have built up a months worth of arrears due to having to stay at b&bs or travel to relatives to stay. It’s been a dangerous situation many times. My youngest has scarlet fever and was running a temperature so high that we had to take her in the car as the ambulance wouldn’t have been able to access our door due to the entrance being locked by vehicles by one of the drug dealers. The council have stated they won’t move me until the arrears are cleared. This was set to be reviewed at 6 months but when I checked online the terms were 3 months so I’m not sure why they extended it to 6 months. It seems the council don’t want to deal with the problems in the area and they have even blocked me from attending local meetings about housing problems in the area. They purposely booked an appointment whilst I was away and had to rush back from a trip 70 miles away to attend the appointment and cut out holiday short. They have stated that if the police say it’s too dangerous to live her they will move me, but the police aren’t going to say that as they would have to move everyone if that was the case. My youngest child has a lot of disabilities (mobility, deafness, speech delay, toileting issues and autism and sensory issues) and we will need to apply again for the disabilities facility grant for a wet room amongst other things. My worry is the council will refuse this but won’t move us also and struggling to get a private house with the demand being so high. My mental health is struggling so badly with everything with the house,.