Council housing

[Emily1091]

I currently live in a small one bed house and I have applied for a council house but I have no experience with this sort of thing so I don’t know what to expect? Will I definitely be allocated a home before my baby is due or will they expect me to share a room with my baby up until a certain age? My bedroom would probably fit a Moses basket in along side my bed but I have no where at all put any baby things. My front room is tiny and can just about fit 2 small seated sofas a table and my tv in I would have no storage space for a pram or anything as there is no reception area and my kitchen is part of my living room. I’m hopeful they would move me before my baby’s due date as I don’t want to be moving whilst heavily pregnant and then decorating however if they did allocate me a house then I’d have to get on with it.

Does anyone have any help or advice with what I should be doing? I’ve seen a few posts where people live in one bed properties and have children aged 4 and older and are still on a waiting list.

Thanks

Depends on area but if your are a lone parent with baby a one bed would not be deemed overcrowded. Have you spoken to a housing officer yet? If you are adequately housed in a private rental you are unlikely to be priority for rehousing by council.

Yeah I realise I wouldn’t be a priority as there are other people out there who would need to be housed before me just wanted some advice really and what to expect. No I haven’t spoken to a housing officer, they’ve asked me to send in some proof of pregnancy at 20 odd weeks though

Depends on the area and if there’s houses available.

When I was pregnant with DS, I lived with my mum, my stepdad and 3 siblings in a 3 bed council house. I wasn’t a priority despite being over crowded so When DS was a baby I moved into a one bed private rented flat (I could only afford 1 bed in my area). The flat was awful, mouldy, on a main road, no garden. My son had health problems due to the mould and even when he was diagnosed with autism The council wouldn’t help. I don’t want to sound negative but they aren’t really the best at housing people in need and because You already have a home h
You probably won’t be a priority. Basically need to be homeless to get a house.

Fortunately many years on I’m in a nice house (not council) and live a reasonably comfortable me life

I wish you luck though!

Where I am single parents and one child share until the child is 10 years old before they are considered for a two bed.

It depends on the availability for housing where you live. There's zero housing around here.