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Will my local Mp help with my council housing problem?

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ririd94 · 28/10/2017 18:52

Hi guys,
I need a bit of advice. I'm a young single woman living with my mum at the moment and i'm on the housing register with my local council (in london) but i'm in band D at the moment. I have significant mental health problems and I have sent letters to the council from my gp and other medical professionals to no avail of being made a medical priority.
I have since been in contact with my local mp and they have written a letter to head of housing with my local council and I wondered if it would make a difference to my case? Has anyone got any experience with their local mp helping with housing issues?
I should also mention:
A. I'm not going to get my mum to kick me out and make me homeless as that will not make my mental health any better
B. I can't afford private renting, i'm on benefits
C. I have exhausted all other options shelter, CAB, councillors etc.
D. I dont have any children
Thanks in advance!

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Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 28/10/2017 22:52

And if it was easily overturned by your friendly local MP, would anyone ever accept a decision from the council? And would the MP's ever get to do anything useful?

clearsight · 28/10/2017 23:02

I'm told that much of my MPs case work is housing related. He's London MP and they all deal with vast numbers of people in housing difficulty. It's very much part of their job.

P0pc0rn28 · 29/10/2017 00:01

Looking at a county outside London in 2016 the number of people on the council waiting list was 22,000 + with 115 families housed in B&B accommodation.with another 496 people in temporary accommodation. People were also being housed a long way from their jobs and families. I would expect that the numbers are higher in London. Therefore is there some way that you can move in with a friend or relative?. Or can you find employment and move in to a house share. Unfortunately this is the reality for everyone.

Tealdeal747 · 29/10/2017 00:18

Move out of London.

P0pc0rn28 · 29/10/2017 00:26

Some jobs offer free accommodation for example if you work in a hotel. They normally offer slightly lower wages, because they provide the accommodation. Why don't you investigate this

user1471134011 · 29/10/2017 00:35

OP I'm sorry you find yourself in such a situation. You are clearly articulate and able to advocate for yourself. The suggestion of linking with Mind is a good one.

janeeeee · 15/01/2018 00:49

We'll my friend was exactly the same as you, living with mum with mental health problems. Soon after she went to our local MP she was housed just like that! Strange because not everyone gets housed just by telling their MP. I have been on my councils housing register since 2002 and i am still in a general needs queue, i have a child and have lived privately in the past but with the councils help. I too have some minor mental health problems. I've tried and tried to get the council to house me but they will not. They do say they will pay for private accommodation but it is difficult finding a landlord these days they want guarantors. I've have finally taken my problem to my MP and hope he can help as quick as he did my friend. It's been a while since you posted that post, so has your MP helped you get housed yet?or not?

Mumoftwo367743 · 03/04/2022 07:30

Hi Jane did you manage to get housed

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Thesefeetaremadeforwalking · 03/04/2022 07:43

OP,
Are you trained for anything, do you have any skills?
Have you thought about doing some voluntary work, say for a charity?
This would give you work experience and help you gain employment in the future.

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Jenny12345678 · 13/03/2024 21:18

Hi everyone
can someone please give some advice .
I live in a very small one bedroom with my partner and 2 boys age 6 and 4 I’ve been here 6 years and my housing officer put me in band B 2 years ago but I’ve had no luck. Recently my housing officer has attended my property because I’ve had rats, the flooring is literally lifting up when we walk the house shakes so much that the downstairs neighbours has said she feels like her ceiling is going drop down. My kids sleep on the bed with me with our feet hanging from the bed because there is no room to even move my husband sleeps under the table in the living room. The stairs in my home are shaped uneven the bathroom rail keeps dropping and all the windows feel like it’s falling down. When the housing officer came to see the property he was in shock he took videos and said he will try and get me housed and saw the injury led on the children on there heads because they keep falling off the bed and the stairs. He organised a validation officer to view the property when they arrived they said they have to take the flooring off and do a lot of work due to the amount of hazards. I also have letters from the doctor. The validation officer said he will put me in CAT D which means move before they start fixing the house. After a month of complaining and writing ever on my account my housing officer said ( we don’t have time to look at the complaints and that someone will call me ) they still haven’t.

I really don’t want to be put in temporary accommodation then have to move back here again. Do I contact my MP ? I really feel that the housing office isn’t helping at all he even said this house is just suitable for 1 person not even a couple but I feel he hasn’t been supportive at all and every time I try to speak to him he says ( I have 155 clients to deal with I’ll calm you back ) my children have no toys in the house we can’t sleep properly or do anything. I have never ever complained just got on with living here but I really can’t as we are very overcrowded and it’s a small small one bedroom.

Jenny12345678 · 13/03/2024 21:23

Also the housing sent a guy to fix the bathroom rail when he came he looked at me and said ( do they think I’m god ) this is never fixable your windows will drop in a few months I can not fix this and walked out…. If they try to move me into temporary accommodation and I refuse untill they house me permanently into a bigger place will I get in trouble? I really am struggling my doctor has sent them letters in regards to the strong pain killers I take for my pains on my leg which effects me using the stairs but they have ignored me completely.

Jenny12345678 · 13/03/2024 21:31

Also they came and put a safty lock on the windows so the children can’t open them.. whilst the person fixing the window was here I told him my 6 year old son will easily open that he said absolutely no.. I told my son in front of him to open it I recorded this it took him 12 seconds to open it !!!! The guy then left and said I’m not able to do much I will tell your housing officer he was shocked that I was actually living here…. I tried to lock the living room window as the children open it and hang out the window it’s actually broken not even working and it’s ment to be a safty lock

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