Homeless accommodation

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Hi,
My ex partner sold our family home which resulted in me and son being classed as homeless and put into temp accommodation, is this a reason for a move?
Room had blood over bathroom which I had to clean, it's filled with men who look me up and down each time I go into hotel also it’s obvious they take drugs ( not judging but you can tell) and night porter walked into my room while I was sleeping?
It's making me fell unsafe and unsure if council will deem this as a move? To somewhere different?

Statutorily, if you have children then you shouldn’t have to stay in a hostel or B&B for more than six months, and can request a transfer on those grounds, but available self contained accommodation may be a significant distance away. Unfortunately temporary accommodation is very scarce, and this is what a lot of it is like. This may be all they currently have.

Six weeks, not six months.

However, many many families in reality have to stay far longer than that due to lack of other availability.

Is private rented an option? You’d qualify for housing benefit / the housing element of UC. It’s a far more likely route to safe accommodation. The council can often help with their deposit bond scheme.

It sounds grim and awful. No idea if it counts as a reason for a move. I’d certainly complain it sounds unsuitable accommodation for a woman and child. The blood in bathroom (from drug use?) is a safeguarding issue.

You don’t say if you work but if you have time Id camp out in your local housing office and explain that whilst you don’t expect to be housed instantly there must be temporary accommodation that is better suited to children.

I’d speak to GP about stress, I’d contact social services for advice due to the unsafe living environment. Also I’d be polite, the minute you raise your voice you become the problem.

Can you look into privately renting? Family help?
Prepared to move area for better housing?
I think if that's what's available then sadly you have to put up with it.
However, I would say something to council/ social services as it's innovative for a child to live in these conditions.

• inappropriate not innovative!

I got here is a lack of housing some have been stuck in student accommodation for over a year, in a room designed for 1 person, sleeping on mattresses on the floor sharing a kitchen and bathroom with 10 other families.
Unless u r able to find a move to somewhere else don’t expect to be moved soon.

My mate has been in hostel in Erith for 5 months then in temporary 2 bed house.

Can you add a bolt or something to the interior of the door so that you feel safe once you’re in the room?
Or even a wedge under the door so that people can’t open it from outside?