Renting help needed

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Hello, this is my first time posting and I hope someone can help. I had to leave my previous home due to a personal matter. I have been looking for a property with my child for over 1 year the council are not doing anything and I cannot find anything privately, I work and have a decent salary but it's still not high enough to rent.

Everyone requires credit checks and a guarantor, my credit isn't great and I do not have a guarantor so does that mean I have stay Bed and Breakfast forever? I have been to lots of viewings and all the criteria is the same private landlords, estate agents etc.

Does anyone know anywhere that will just accept my payslips and my employer confirming proof of work please etc?

I read of someone else in a similar situation and someone else replied that their are companies that will act as a guarantor for you. I havn't looked into it, so you'd have to make sure they were a reputable company but it could be worth looking into. X

Hi, thanks for that. Yes I have looked into that before it seems straightforward, but I have spoke to the private landlords about it and they said they haven't heard of it before and won't accept them.

The responses I've been getting is the landlords/ estate agents only accept either a homeowner as a guarantor or a guarantor that earns £48K, £55K, £75K! I let the estate agents know that this isn't an average salary and it's quite disheartening tbh!

At this rate I'm open to any area near London that is willing to hear me out, as I always pay my rent, that isn't an issue. Just they want the person to have high salary and excellent credit etc!