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Is there any chance of a single woman getting a 2 bed housing association house ?

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loandbeholdd · 26/10/2023 20:39

I'm 35 and I'm currently in a 1 bed flat on band 3 (general needs )
I've been on housing list for 7 years now (same housing list my flats with )
I'm bidding on 2 bed houses and getting up to 20th position
Sometimes 15th ish
Do you think I'm wasting my time ?
What's the chances of me getting a 2 bed house ?

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LaurieStrode · 27/10/2023 10:42

Comedycook · 27/10/2023 10:14

No one wants to live somewhere where people pee in the doorway or dump rubbish....but there are two types of people. Those who want better and think it's up to someone else to get it for them and those who want better and plan how to achieve that on their own. You do sound very entitled.

Entitled like all the women claiming benefits because they chose to produce kids they couldn't afford? Is that the kind of entitlement you mean?

Pipistrellus · 27/10/2023 10:43

With your mentality why should a woman who decided to have a child get a 2 bed house then?
SHE doesn't, there are two people requiring two bedrooms. THEY get a two bedroom house.

Comedycook · 27/10/2023 10:44

LaurieStrode · 27/10/2023 10:42

Entitled like all the women claiming benefits because they chose to produce kids they couldn't afford? Is that the kind of entitlement you mean?

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Westfacing · 27/10/2023 10:47

garlictwist · 27/10/2023 06:35

It's not quite as simple as "rent privately". I am 42 and live in a room in a shared house because I cannot afford to rent a house or flat alone. I haven't tried HA because I was told there was no chance I'd get one. I work full time but on a low income and despite my best efforts have not managed to increase it.

I'm no expert but understand that there are social housing schemes for single people.

No doubt the waiting lists are very long but it would do no harm to enquire and get on the list - your number might come up!

A quick Google came up with this: it's London and I remember reading about them some years' back

About us – Women's Pioneer Housing (womenspioneer.co.uk)

About us – Women's Pioneer Housing

https://womenspioneer.co.uk/about-us/

Comedycook · 27/10/2023 10:48

Pipistrellus · 27/10/2023 10:43

With your mentality why should a woman who decided to have a child get a 2 bed house then?
SHE doesn't, there are two people requiring two bedrooms. THEY get a two bedroom house.

Exactly. One woman with a child in a two bed house is adequately housed. A single women in a one bed property is adequately housed. I would say the woman with a child would be unreasonable to request a three bed house simply because she wants a spare bedroom just as the single woman is unreasonable to request a two bed place for the same reason.

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 10:57

I've just had this notification
It's like someone up there is looking after me -I'm not gonna get any hopes up but I'm keeping everything crossed

Is there any chance of a single woman getting a 2 bed housing association house ?
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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 11:01

@Pipistrellus it's not your place to decide tho
It's the housing association who own the properties
They decide what houses are for who.

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Kendodd · 27/10/2023 11:13

By the sound of it OP you might have a chance, good luck!
I was also going to say, keep looking at one beds as well, you might see a bigger and better one bed which would suit you fine, my advice is to not rule them out. I think you are also very wise NOT to even consider private rented (and I say this as a LL myself) it will cost a fortune and give no security. You have said repeatedly that you don't want/can't afford to buy, have you actually properly looked into this option though? You live in a cheap area of the country, work full time, you might be able to afford something. I don't know about your council but some have given cash lump sums to tenants to move out. I'd look into it if I were you.

Kendodd · 27/10/2023 11:18

I had a quick look on Rightmove, you can buy two bed houses in your city for under £60,000. I would seriously consider buying OP.

AnotherEmma · 27/10/2023 11:26

Mumsnet is so batshit sometimes. I can't believe some people are whinging about the "unfairness" of parents and children being entitled to properties with enough bedrooms for them all, while people without children only get one bedroom 🙄 No one is entitled to a spare bedroom, that's entirely fair!

AnotherEmma · 27/10/2023 11:27

(Having said that, people who need a spare room for an overnight carer are entitled to one, which is of course fair.)

Hecate01 · 27/10/2023 11:36

If you get a two bedroom property it's a joke. I don't care if you pay full rent yourself because you work, being entitled and selfish just because you want a room for friends to stay is ridiculous.

Posts like this show exactly what is wrong with this country and why it needs to change.

Blackbyrd · 27/10/2023 11:36

Very much doubt OP has any friends given the nature of her posts therefore no need for a two bed to accommodate overnight guests. Morally there is no justification for a single person occupying a two bed property when that same bedroom could be/is suitable for two children sharing. Bidding on an alternative one bed would be far more reasonable a proposition

porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 11:49

The lack of understanding of variance in housing markets regionally, sub-regionally and local is evident on this thread. It is also evident in government housing policy where policies such as the bedroom tax are brought in to solve a problem of overcrowding in high demand areas but had massively different impact in parts of the NE where local flexibility matching up fixed housing stock with moving demographics (often within specific housing market areas) was stymied.

Isn't social housing in high demand everywhere really? I'm in Birmingham and there's a lot of social housing but there's still a couple of months' wait or more (been a while since I did it so I wouldn't know the wait time but can't imagine it's less than it was) even if someone counts as homeless.

@loandbeholdd Sounds promising OP. That sounds like you got on a shortlist. You mightn't get this one but keep going and you'll probably get your place in the end.

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 11:49

@Blackbyrd I have lots of good friends thanks
Thankfully none as nasty as you

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 11:53

@porridgeisbae Thankyou
It's at 3pm today so I'm hoping how last minute it is might put people off turning up for it

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Pipistrellus · 27/10/2023 11:57

loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 11:01

@Pipistrellus it's not your place to decide tho
It's the housing association who own the properties
They decide what houses are for who.

It was in response to suggestions that two people in a two bed are somehow getting a better deal than one person in a one bed.

porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 11:58

Ooh exciting. What placing did you end up at the end of the bidding? I was 2nd but the 1st person decided against the property.

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 12:02

@porridgeisbae it says I'm 5 th for this one so i am trying not to get too excited
I really hope I get it tho
Awww that's brilliant -it's really exciting when you get accepted for a place

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Lifeetc · 27/10/2023 12:12

@Kendodd I got abuse for looking in Zoopla, be prepared to be called an *rsehole by random folk on here 😂

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 12:17

@Lifeetc no you didn't -you posted a £100,000 house from zoopla as a way of saying
"If you want a better property buy it ,not expect it from social housing "
Not to be helpful like the previous poster
You were being arsey so don't pretend otherwise
Arsey /judgemental ....

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Kendodd · 27/10/2023 12:27

Hecate01 · 27/10/2023 11:36

If you get a two bedroom property it's a joke. I don't care if you pay full rent yourself because you work, being entitled and selfish just because you want a room for friends to stay is ridiculous.

Posts like this show exactly what is wrong with this country and why it needs to change.

I assume you feel the same about people who buy houses bigger than they need as well?

Comedycook · 27/10/2023 12:32

Kendodd · 27/10/2023 12:27

I assume you feel the same about people who buy houses bigger than they need as well?

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That's not the same thing at all.

Social housing exists to house people adequately not to house people according to their wish list

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loandbeholdd · 27/10/2023 12:34

@Kendodd Thankyou ,I have thought about it
I just don't have the huge deposit
I guess on a 60,000 house it wouldn't be as bad
It could be something to think about

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Lifeetc · 27/10/2023 12:51

£100,000 for a two bed house is not expensive and could be achievable! I'm within 100 miles of you and couldn't buy a flat for that!

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