to think i should get the housing points!

[emmymama]

disclaimer... i'm not saying they should give me a house, i got pregnant, thats not their fault, even tho i knew it would be a squeeze, i'm saying i should have the opourtunity to get a house

i live in a very small 2 bed council house (if i sit on the floor with my back against the sofa my feet touch the fire guard).. ds's room fits a single bed and nothing else in

i have a 13 month old and i'm 23 weeks pg, there are steps into my front garden (only access) with a wall and gate (then the steps)that will not fit a double buggy in and its not close to my door

heres what i've explained to the council (ive been on the list since pg with dd so 18 months)

i will be sharing a room with dd and the new baby as the other room isnt big enough for dd's cot (or for me to give dd and ds that room as i wont fit the new baby in with me in the small room either)

i will have to (on the way out) take the double and leave the children in the house, set the pram up on the street then come back for the children and then the opposite on the way into the house (shoudl be fun after ive had a baby!)

so there will be overcrowding and access problems.. i dont get any extra points until the baby comes and i am having these problems

aibu to thing i should get the points now so i can apply for the houses to try and move before the problems arise?

hope that makes sense??

'I am a bit of a bystander on the council housing issue anyway, because DP is a foreign national and not entitled to state help.'

Council housing is not a public fund. Housing benefit is.

Not everyone in council housing is on housing benefit.

Furthermore, any British national or EU/EEA national who satisfies residency rules may apply for benefit in his/her own right, regardless of the immigration status of their spouse.

It's just the the award needs to be be calculated on behalf of just the British/EU national.

A British or EU/EEA national may also claim on behalf of their British/EU/EEA national child.

My husband was living in a council flat when we married, but he did not receive housing or council tax benefit as he was in full time employment.

When DD1 was born, I was not on ILR, so he applied for Child Benefit and Working/Child Tax Credits on her behalf, as both he and she were British nationals.

We all are now.

I didn't know council housing wasn't a public fund - good to know! Hopefully we won't ever need it though. I just meant it's not something I've really thought about because I'm used to not even investigating a lot of things because you get to page 12 on the form and it says you can only claim if you're British or an EU national.

Thanks for info!

It is sad that some of the areas that are the most expensive to live in seem to have the least housing available.

It isn't a public fund at all. Just if you apply for housing or council tax benefit. Those are public funds. Again, a British national can still claim whatever benefits to which any national or permanent resident is entitled, even if married to a person who is subject to immigration control.

both partners working 40hrs a week (I presume opposite shift) with no childcare - phew rather them than me - we struggled with me doing 28hrs a week at night and £1688 a month (after tax) for some parts of the country isn't that great.

Thanks expat. With luck, I'll never need it, but good to know. But I'm digressing ...

Point is, it's very, very hard in lots of areas to rent privately on minimum wage, but it is often more possible than people think.

toccata - the point I was trying to make was that it wouldn't be loads of money but definitely manageable... but only without kids. When I said "no kids in childcare" I was suggesting that you wouldn't have kids because I assumed it wouldn't be possible for two people to work ft and not use childcare... but I never really thought of the shift option.