I am 18 years old and mum to a 6 month old baby. When I was pregnant my mum expressed how she really wanted me to stay at home when I had my son because next year I’m going to uni and she wants to be able to help with childcare.
However my house is overcrowded, my parents foster two children due to unforeseen circumstances in my family and there is no where else for the children. But that leave me, my 6 month old son, my 12 year old brother and on weekends, my 22 year old brother alll in one room. As you can imagine it’s unbearable. I’ve put up with it for months as social services have been claiming they are going to get my parents moved to a bigger house. But it’s been two years and to no avail. Does anyone know if the council will help me to get a council house quickly due to these circumstances. I am on universal credit but don’t even know how to go about asking about changing my housing arrangements. But I can’t live like this anymore, not only is it not practical and is there no space for my growing son, but it’s draining my mentally and making me extremely depressed. Please help!