Hoping for some advice as I'm not too sure of my options here.
I've rented my home from the council for the last 9 years, its a nice area and I'm happy here for the most part however the level of disrepair is really getting me down. I have reported so many issues and either nobody turns up, or they turn up and say they can't get the parts or they do a shoddy job so it needs repairing again months later.
Every time we get a new Housing Officer they like to come round and introduce themselves and do an inspection, this tends to be every couple of years but other than that they leave us alone. He came round for an inspection in June and was gobsmacked by the level of work needing doing and said it wasn't fair for us to live like this. So he sent off all the emails to the correct departments requesting a surveyor to come out and create a detailed list off all work to be done. My HO wanted all work to be completed by October and put us on a level red tenancy through no fault of our own. I have chased and chased him and he has chased it on my behalf.
Anyway he came around unannounced last week to check if any work had been completed, it hasn't. Absolutely nothing has been done.
He has chased it again and nothing. I seriously need to decorate but can't do anything until work has been completed.
The issues are:
Damp and mould in the bathroom. The wall is actually rotting so I'm left with massive holes in the wall above the bath. This is due to a faulty extractor fan.
My kitchen is falling apart, all the doors are falling off and my cupboard actually fell off the wall smashing all the glass and plates as it hit the ground due to only using screws on one side.
Every time it rains water comes in through my lounge walls, resulting in massive wet patches all along the outside wall.
Cracks around the frames of my windows.
My front door wont open when it rains
One of the fire doors can't close because an electrician decided to update my fuse box he put it in the way of the door.
I've requested an asbestos check multiple times due to bits of at ceiling coming away due to damp in all rooms.
My 9 year old has asthma and keeps getting recurring respiratory infections and my 15 month old keeps getting ear infections and is on her second lot of antibiotics in 3 weeks. I'm not too sure if its linked but its definitely not helping.
In an ideal world I dont particularly want to complain as I'm worried they would move to evict before the new renters rights bill comes in to force.
What can I do to make them actually do something? Its really getting me down