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Tell me I am right about this. Council housing!

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 15:52

My MIL has been offered a bungalow which is great for her as she really need it and I am happy for her, but my BIL and his wife still live at home with MIL. Now the bungalow is a 2 bed, so the council have said that BIL and wife can move in with MIL.
Anyway BIL and wife are not impressed and think that if they go to the council and kick up enough fuss that the council will house them, even though they only have 6 points. He said that the council have no right to move them from a large room to somewhere with a small room, with not enough space for all their stuff. I have tried to explain that the council have no need to house them, as they have no children and can afford to private rent, but of course BIL knows everything....
Me and SIL looked at private renting the other day and they could afford a studio apartment, and I know that if she had a baby at some point that the council will house them later now. But I KNOW that the council will not house them now.

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LilyLoo · 25/03/2007 15:54

Agree you def right. Has your bil seen how many people post on here who can't get a house who all have dc's and are offered shitty emergency accomodation.

colditz · 25/03/2007 15:54

you are right. they will be handed the number of their local estate agent, and told goodbye

colditz · 25/03/2007 15:55

If they say they can't rent privately, they wil be givenm the number of the nearest YMCA

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 15:56

I know that, he just want to pay as little as possible. I said to him the other day 'how much can you afford for renting?' (bearing in mind that they paid £440 a month in rent atm to MIL, but that covers all bills and food) He said £50!!! Which made me laugh as most rents with the council now are about £60-70.

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LilyLoo · 25/03/2007 15:57

He living in dream world tbh !

SherlockLGJ · 25/03/2007 15:57

Your BIL needs a good smack. What makes him so special ?? Is he aware of what you guys had to go through to get the house you are in now. ??? This "entitled" culture/mindset really hacks me off, and it has been made worse under the President Tony.

Rant over...

misdee · 25/03/2007 15:57

oh he needs to grow up.

tell him to get off hs arse and lo0ok into private renting, remember cousin +gf was only in bedsit for 18months before they got a offered a flat

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 15:59

I know roughly how much they earn as DH worked at the same place for a while and I know its at least £600 a week between them. Me and SIL found a place for £500 a month inc. all bills, but BIL thinks that its dodgy as you deal directly with the landlord.

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misdee · 25/03/2007 16:00

why is that dodgey. if its carnigie he is good and one of the largest landlords in the area.

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:01

I know LGJ, but he knows everything!!! He also thinks because he has lived in the area all his live he has a right to a place.

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:03

he wants to deal with an agent. But you never find one that includes all bills at the agent

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Bucketsofdynomite · 25/03/2007 16:05

OFFS, what's the worst that can happen if they did get a dodgy private landlord? They lose a couple of hundreed quid - they're not exactly hard up!

compo · 25/03/2007 16:08

God, why doesn't your SIL take matters into her own hands and just rent somewhere.
How old is he?!!!

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:08

Oh this is the best part. SIL's dad is very very rich, he lives in SA. When they got married he gave him £2000 for a place (things like washing machine, fridge etc) and a few months later he gave them another £2000 as her sister's wedding had gone over the price of their wedding. And they spent the lot

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:10

he is 32!!! She is 26 and she knows that the council are highly unlikely to house them

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misdee · 25/03/2007 16:10

tell him the council have a 5 bedroom house jsut for him and his wife.

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:13

pmsl!! Misdee!!

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:14

I tried to tell him that the council only have about 15,000 places on their books, compared to about 180,000 private houses (though I think its more)

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LilyLoo · 25/03/2007 16:16

Exactly why will he not listen to anyone who has obv had more experience of this situation than him? esp his wife

misdee · 25/03/2007 16:17

private renting isnt so bad. i did it.

but if they had started saving when they got together and not blown all that cash on crap they could've had a nice deposit by now.

ps whats the bungalow like?

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:23

I have been in council housing since I was 18. I know I was very very lucky to get offered a flat as I wasn't pregnant, had no children, but was living at home in overcrowded conditions. I have had 3 council places and now am in a HA house (gone from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed house). I had to fight the council tooth and nail to get the house I am in now, as I was having huge anti-social trouble in the area we were in before. But he thinks he can just snap his fingers and the council will jump. Its taken 2 years for the council to move MIL into the bungalow and she had medical back-up and everything.
Misdee, she is going to view the bungalow tomorrow, we are going too

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SparklyGothKat · 25/03/2007 16:29

Me and SIL even looked at going a bit north (as we are very near london) and its about £100 a month cheaper to rent a place in an area only 20 minutes up the AM1. But BIL thinks they will spend the £100 in petrol getting to work. I don;t think they will

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NuttyMuffins · 25/03/2007 16:32

You are right and he is wrong, simple as that. Let him go to the council and make a fool of himself if thats what it takes to make him see he is wrong.

misdee · 25/03/2007 16:33

SGK does he know about the fight we had for the bungalow? i know we 'shouted' louder than your MIL, but my god it was one of the most streassful things i ever did.

for those that dont know, we were in a v large 3 bed masionette, but peters health was going down hill, they offered low medical points, offered us a house with bathroom down stairs (dh on water tablets and weeing several times a night) then offered this bungalow to someone lower down the list, i found out and blew my top basically, went above housing officier and housing managers. printed out heaps of stuff on DCM ,highlighted transplant, sudden death. got a call a week later, we were up the top of the list(over 250points) and the person had turned down the bungalow. its bloody small though compared to the masionette, but just what we need.

misdee · 25/03/2007 16:33

in stevenage mieow? nah, its easy travelling from there to where u are each day. dh did it.

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