currently on the housing register to go from a 2 bed to a 3 bed as my daughter needs her own bedroom due to asd. My 2 year old is showing similar behaviours to her aswell as early signs of maybe adhd. Our flat is open plan front room and kitchen and we are struggling so badly to keep her out of the kitchen and due to the room layouts there is now way we can put in an extending baby gate to keep her out, she is now climbing over the back of the sofa to get out there. We have locks of the cupboards but she is constantly pulling at them, how long until she manages to get them off as she gets older. I am really concerned for her safety but our local council do not give a shit. We’ve been on the list 2.5 years already and are getting no where in band C with an overcrowding need and medical need and now with a huge safety concern for our daughter my mental health has taken a huge dive constantly stressing and worrying about her safety, I’m not sleeping not eating property just always worrying and yet I’ve told them all this had letters from my gp to help and nothing. My daughter already has 3 paediatrician letters, 2 gp letters and 3 letters from the school about how it’s affecting her I’ve had letters from my health visitor and the gp about my mental health and yet still they won’t help. Now adding the safety of our toddler so she doesn’t hurt herself and they still won’t listen. I have also found out a house became available and it was not advertised just offered out to somewhere who was in no greater need than us! I guess it really is a case of who you know not what you know! They keep telling us it’s done on banding then priority date yet this is not the first time we’ve caught them out just offering properties to people not in the first 20 or without it even being advertised fairly! I guess I want to know has anyone else experienced something like this? No one seems to want to help us, local councillor, chac, citizens advice have all been useless and just told us they think we should be in a higher band but not actually helping us get a higher band. I’m just really lost at the moment on what to do. What did you do that really made them listen and how long did it take? I am just gonna say anyone who says about private renting, for the type of place we would need would cost around £1500 in my area and we just could not afford that as it’s only my husband that currently works as I’m a stay at home parent and also a carer to my daughter.