Can anyone advise me on council housing policy please?

[Bananaketchup]

Hi, I'm a new member so I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place, please tell me where to go if so!

I'm a council tenant, living in a 1-bed flat. I am applying to adopt, and the adoption agency won't agree to assess me until I have assurance that I will be adequately housed by the end of the assessment process.

I met a housing officer today to explain my circs and asked that the council agree to reassess me once I am in the formal adoption process and to treat me the same as someone who is pregnant. In my LA, you are assessed as needing an extra bedroom once you are over 24 weeks pg. The council are refusing to do this, the woman said they would only do it once I have a child placed. I will never have a child placed while I don't have a bedroom for them, so am in a catch-22.

I am going to write to the head of housing setting all this out, but I would be really grateful if anyone with housing knowledge could advise me if they have come across this situation before, or let me know anything I should highlight in my letter.
TIA

I wonder if its worth asking the housing officer, if they can do a letter stating they would look at rehousing you once you have been match with a child or accepted for adopting.
I think maybe the council are holding back because the adoption process can take so long.If the council rehoused you now and you didn't go throught with an adoption you would then being living in a property that was bigger than you needed.
Have you posted on the adoption topic?Somebody on there may be able to help.

tell me why - I have asked housing to write a letter saying they will reassess me once I'm accepted to the formal adoption process, but they're saying no. The adoption agency won't accept me without this, so I will never get as far as being matched with a child If the council did reassess me and then I'm refused approval to adopt I would be happy to sign anything saying I would then give up the bigger property, do you think it would help if I offered to do this? The adoption agency only have a maximum of 8 months to assess me (new rules apparently)and are then raring to match me with a child as they are out of pocket til they do, so although it can take a long time the agency have every reason to make it as short as possible for their own benefit. That's why they're insisting the council agree to reassess me concurrently. It's a bit of a mess really.
Thanks for your help, I have posted to the adoption board for advice too.