Hi all,
Not even sure where to post this but hopefully someone will have advice for us!!
We have been stuck living at my mil's flat for 2 years now (was supposed to be 6 months) we have been here so long, due to trying our hardest to save, covid etc
In may last year I fell pregnant with our son and we decided to wait until it was safe enough to move out, due to the pandemic.
We decided we were secure enough to move out this year june/July time, 5 months after the birth of our son, we definitely wanted to go beforehand but of course couldn't so suffered in silence with the mil, who is a terror!!
We have had a few set backs, for example- due to my maternity leave and furlough we aren't earning enough monthly for any agents to rent to us and have been turned down a lot. So we turned to the council who were being amazing!
The council offered to house us and this is where it has become tricky... for us to move out my mil has to move to as there is too many rooms and she cannot afford it. (She wanted to move anyway) and the council needed that in writing- all of a sudden she starts destroying all our chances to move- cancelling the end of tenancy agreement, swearing down the phone to the housing officer, who now is refusing to help us... but she is also slamming doors and being very rude to us. We even heard her bragging to a friend on the phone that she cancelled the end tenancy agreement knowing that they cant help us if she does and saying "now I have all the power"
Does anyone know a way for us to get a place with the council, without needed it written from her?
She has made me miserable for too long now and along with ppd, my stress is starting to affect our son.
Thank you