Parents of adult children, what housing support is available?

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My 20 yr old daughter has a 6 month old baby. She is not with the father but he still has a relationship with his daughter. I would like to know from others here what is available regarding housing and how did you or someone you know go about it. I know every authority is different but some first hand knowledge would be great. She is currently on universal credit and isn't working but would like to once her daughter is in nursery.

Thank you.

I know every authority is different

Exactly. So look up your local council website and see what it says.

Is she living with you at the moment. If she is only advice would be to tell the council that you are throwing her out and they will have to do something but she might just end up in bed and breakfast.

She could contact Shelter.

https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/council_housing_association/how_to_apply_for_council_housing

Apply to the common housing register. Bid for properties. It may take a long time. The housing team will help. If you aren’t planning on throwing out your daughter then don’t lie and say you are. There will be more vulnerable people that need the property.

So is he contributing to the child’s care? Is she looking at private let’s?

She can join the housing register and she could present as homeless. If living with you shed likely need a letter to say she can't stay or evidence of overcrowding. The homeless route depending on your local area could mean hotels and temporary accommodation although hotels can't be used for long for families.
A lot of people dont apply to housing register because what's the point, you might wait years... but you wont get anything if youre not on it!
The council also need to give advice and support if presenting as homeless and msy support her into private rented eg there may be a fund to pay deposit/first rent. Depends on your area how affordable or realistic that is.

Look at local council website and specifically the allocations policy and local housing allowance. There may also be local charities that can advise but the offer gets less and less due to funding and demand.

My coworker’s daughter got pregnant around that age, got on the housing list and was then given a flat, if I recall correctly even before the baby was born.

Houses are hard to get but flats in my area seem to come up quickly. This was before the new bidding system, though.

Where was she living before getting pregnant?

Where does she live now?