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how do i convince tha Doc

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:19

I currently live in a first floor 2 bedroomed flat with 3 children.

We have been on the waiting list with our local housing assosiation for a move for 2 years.

We have tried everything to increase our chances of a move, but they continue to fob us off.

Our only hope now, would be if i was diagnosed with depression, except i dont thing i am depressed although it does get me down.

I tried to tell the Doc i was depressed once, and he said i may have an under active thyroid, so i had to be tested.

It turns out i did have an under active thyroid, so the Doc left it at that and did'nt look into depression.

This rearly is my only hope of ever getting a move, my problem is i am a terrible liar, so i dont know how to convince the Doc i am depressed.

Any one have any ideas???

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:48

i live in a small town next door to Worcester.

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nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:48

Not heard of them i don't think.

Are you not on the councils list then ???

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:48

Have they nominated you to other h/a's too ???

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:49

NO the council dont house people, you have to be with the Housing Association

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nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:50

Ahhhh right ok.

God it makes me soooooooooo mad.

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:50

All the other Housing Association ny me dont have lists, they take names of the one i am with, it is a very large Association

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nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:53

Medical points would definatly help bump you up the list. PLus if you find that someone has been given a house and you think you should havfe had it ie they had less kids etc etc then you have to kick uo a really really big fusss.

It got to the point where i was ringing my h/a daily and they were getting soooo fed up of it but then i got the nexty house that cam eempty (well after a fight). They need to know you are not giving up and will keep moaning until you get what you should have.

I know it is hard.

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:53

Ohh right i know what you mean now.

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:55

A lovely 3 bed house just around the corner was empty a while ago, i phoned everyday asking for it.

They gave it to a couple with 1 child.

I called to complain and they said they cant discuss other peoples situations

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 22:57

everyday i walk past that house, and i could just cry

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nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:58

that is awful, how the hell do they get away with that all the time.

Things like that you really need to go to town onj, complain and complain and go higher and higher and hiogher, tell them you are going to go to the press etc. They do not want bad publicity and beleve it or not they do keep this stored up and the next time you ring they will remembner you.

Am racking my brains to think of anything else useful to say

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 22:59

Ohhhh tiffini I know that feeling honestly i do. Several times i missed out on houses for exactly the same reasons.

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 23:00

Do the houses by you get borded up when they are empty ??

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 23:01

i feel like a right idiot ringing everyday saying the same things, i bet they think i did'nt listen the day before, i do find it hard because it is not my nature yo make a nuisence of myself.

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 23:02

they dont get boarded up but they can be empty for upto 8 weeks, and they say they are desperate for houses

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kid · 06/05/2005 23:03

You must phone everyday, so what if they think you are being a nuisance, hopefully it will help you get a bigger place.

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 23:05

thanks for the advise guys, i will try and wake up monday morning as a new born bitch and give them hell

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kid · 06/05/2005 23:08

Whenever you do phone, take their names. I find it usually scares the person on the phone into actually doing their job!

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 23:08

I know what you mean, i was really not thr type to make a nusiance of myself either but in the end i got so angry seeing others getting rehoused before me with less need that in the end i didn't care what they thought.

Regarding the empty houses, as soon as you see one, write down the details and take a picce. I started doing this and then if the house was still empty a month later I would tell them that if they didn't tell me what was gonna happen with it, i would send the pics to the paper and let them run a story on us being overcrowded etc whilst they left houses empty. Usually then they would say it had already been allocated, but don't ever believe that until you see someone has moved in.

There were two houses i wanted that the council said they weren't ever going to let again because the cost of the repairs was too high , so they were just left to rot basically.

I was just incredibly lucky in the end and landed well on my feet. Couldn't have done it without the help from everyone on here though, they kept me moaning on at the h/a when all i wanted to do was give up.

nutcracker · 06/05/2005 23:09

Oh yes take their names and wrote everything down, and let them know you are too. I used to say 'erm hang on i'm writing this down', used to pee them off no end

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 23:12

i will try that nutcracker, i normally write a letter asking for a house when i see one empty, and also ask for a response in writing.
I normally speak to the same guy, as there is a different housing officer for each area.

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nutcracker · 06/05/2005 23:14

Oh thats good, but write and ring them too and if you get no joy ask to speak to someone else, hiogher up if needs be. Oh and don't believe a word they say until you have proof, i got lied to sooooo much it was awful.

Good luck, and if you need anymore help or have any more questions feel free to yell on here or CAT me

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tiffini · 06/05/2005 23:18

i have been tempted to say thet if i was forced to put my DS in the same room as his little sisters and he hurt them, i will make sure someone pays. But i would probably get arrested for threatening behaviour knowing my luck

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almostanangel · 07/05/2005 13:05

hi ya tiff!!!!!!!

nutcracker · 07/05/2005 13:06

How do you mean 'if he hurt them' ???? How old are your kids ???

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