To be annoyed this girl is going to lie to get a council place?

[MsSparkle]

This girl i know who is 20yrs old is pregnant. She currantly lives at home with her parents and her boyfriend lives with his parents.

The plan is she is going to move in with her boyfriend at his parents house then they are going to make out his parents are kicking them out so they will get a council place. Both their parents are in on this.

Does this not make your blood boil?

My friend i mentioned bought most of her stuff for her dd second hand. She thinks nothing of going round charity shops to buy toys and i admire her so much for that because she doesn't care if it's not the latest fashion.

see ms sparkle, if more people were liek that we wouldnt be in the sorry state we are today!

i hope to be in a position one day to buy my kids new stuff, for now, it aint gunna happen and i know that!

A guy i knew who was in a poor situation couldn't afford to pay rent but could afford to buy a designer £600 pushchair! Then there's me who can afford to buy a £600 pushchair buys a £150 from toy r us and it does the job perfectly!

I have never got the whole 'must have the latest thing to look good in front of other people even if i can't afford it' attitude. As long as it does the job what does it matter whether it's designer or not.

I also knew someone who has a council house which she lives in with her dd. When her dd started school the council told her she must get a job now and start paying something towards the rent because she wouldn't be needing to stay home all day if the dd is at school. So she didn't want to work that badly that she went and got pregnant again so she wouldn't have to get a job!

i had a 'work based interview' when i went on Income support, they asked why i didnt work.

well my ds is 11 months old (at the time) and i dont want to be away from him all day every day. i couldnt get a job that paid enough to cover living expenses and bills etc etc.

they said .that once they get bigger there will be more pressure, too damn right, from me, im studying now and will be working by the time ds starts pre-school

cant understand getting pg again just to stay on benefit

Is she going to have a baby every 4.5 years until the menopause? What excuse is she going to use then not to work?

I very much doubt the young woman you're posting about is going to find things as easy as she thinks now. She's probably eligible to get on to the housing register but there will be lots of similar cases on the waiting list.

No, it doesn't make my blood boil. She'll probably find motherhood whatever her housing/money situation by that point much harder than she thinks. And a lot of the odds seem stacked against her to me.

housing lists are allocated on a priority points basis.
eg Medical condition
social and or extenuating circumstances
children

there are long waiting lists

i don't imagine they will get allocated a salubrious pad

and if they dont get a place they will likely be over crowded and in a difficult situation

what are you suggesting?what are their alternatives?