Council House advice

[Akkhan94]

Hope everyone is well. I am a Mommy of a ACC baby . It means Agenisis of the corpus collosum. My son is a bit delayed in development. He is going to be 4 in August and I am struggling with his potty training. If you look at him he seems perfectly normal but living with him is a story for another day . Anyway we live with my inlaws and my son finds it hard coping. When my family (my inlaws have a large family ) come over , he can't tolerate it . He starts crying and screaming, banging doors and throwing toys and becomes very upset. He needs his own place. My husband can't afford a house and I don't work, I am a SAHM to two boys. We have applied for social housing but I'm currently on position 105 200 on flats , and on houses its in 400s and 300s. Could anyone advise us how to go up the band ? We are on band c and we really need the house 🏡

I work in a related area.

First of all you need to apply for dla for your son. Don't do this alone - get help from a specialist at CAB or a welfare advisor. Proitise this - do it this week. Waiting time to get this assessed is very long so you need to do it asap.

Then you need to apply for carers allowance for yourself based on the caring needs of your son.

Then you need to have a frank conversation with your husband about your household income & outgoings to ensure you fully understand what your financial situation is. This will all need to be shared with the council/housing association before you will be accepted as a tenant as they will need to be clear that you can afford any property they let to you. It can be very indepth and you need to start prwparing for it now as you seem to have a complicated family set up. They expect that you are not paying for any wider family commitments (who is the tutoring for?) Your husband will be expected to be working full time and claiming UC as a top up if appropriate. Again, a welfare advisor from your council or cab can help with this - you need to maximise your income.

You also need to arrange a meeting with your sons school that he's starting in September so you can discuss how his diagnosis effects him & any adaptions he may need (the earlier this is addressed the better).

None of this will specifically help with being re housed but it should make your current set up more comfortable for you and give you more options.

Good luck

If your in-laws kick you out, the council should put you in temporary accommodation but that would be worse than your current situation from the sounds of it

The point of temporary accomodation is that it's temporary though, it's not forever, and God willing after that the person gets their own permanent space.

@Akkhan94 We're quite lucky in Birmingham that we have quite a lot of council housing compared to most places.

The medical points are allocated by you showing why your child's health means your family needs extra space, and more urgently.

Definitely claim DLA for your LO then you have more proof of the extent of his disability.

But you should be able to count as homeless really as your nuclear family doesn't have a home.

I suppose your husband working does change things though.

You definitely need to speak to some sort of adviser in the flesh.

Just been looking for same kind of advice and scared of my replied now. I feel you have been attacked on this one. I totally underage and anyone who doesn't needs some compassion. Not every size fits all. Hope you get sorted.

I have health issues with my daughter and as she has grown it really is needing more space. I am waiting on a letter from her consultant. She is hard work . We had to make her a bedroom out the back living room which does work but not long term. We have a yearly check soon and just know they will say to move back . Its so hard