Threatened homelessness 36wks pregnant?

[Ttc321]

Hi all. Just in need of some advice.
I am 36 weeks pregnant - I'm 21, moms home is over crowded & partner shares a small home with his mom (no room for me and my baby) I only get maternity allowance and am not entitled to anything else - don't have any savings either.
I'm staying between these properties at the moment, but they are not suitable for long term for the baby as there is no room, I would have no room to stay in, although I could sleep on the sofa with my baby's cot next to me. I have no-one that can help me out and I'm worried about our future. I have a minimum wage job to go back to in July but I only get £900 a month and I don't get no support from anyone else, and also I won't be able to afford child care if i was to go back to work as it is 5 days a week so I would have to cut my hours and try to get a baby sitter for the days I'm At work (which would be very difficult) does anyone know what I can do??

how come you're being made homeless - are you renting and the landlord has asked you to leave?

Have you spoken to the council?

Have you told the midwife about your situation?

What is your partner contributing?
Who's threatening to make you homeless?

Go to your council?

The only advice I can give is to go to your local council with all your belongings and tell them your situation. They will try to ask you to plead with family/partners mum to stay for a while, but as they will see this as being housed you won’t get anything.
You have to tell them you have no where at all to go, be prepared to be offered a hostel out of your area for weeks/months before being given temporary housing for weeks/months/years.
If you turn this down they will declare that you are not in desperate need.
That’s what you can expect at its worst.

As for your job, you can request flexible working hours or reduce your days, so you only work when your partner is off or you can get childcare.
It is only a request and they can refuse if your new working hours have a detrimental affect in business

Sorry you are having such a hard time; just be careful about voluntarily leaving your Mum's/partners house and presenting to the council. Even if you know this isn't a suitable option long term councils can be very difficult these days if they suspect you have made yourself voluntarily homeless and it can make the whole process even harder. You could also end up in temporary accommodation for quite a while whilst you wait and this may not be any better than where you currently are. I hope you managed to get sorted.

Have you looked into private rental? Where I live there are landlords that offer properties with only one month rental upfront. If you and your partner save you might be able to afford that? Is your partner going to move in with you and your baby?

What were your plans before TTC this baby? Did you and your partner have your own place? Is that where you've been evicted from? Apologies if I've missed something.

Call Citizens Advice and speak with your midwife.

Are you sure that you are not entitled to housing benefit if you are living alone? Have you put your information into one of the online benefits calculators? You can find more information here: www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators Presumably if your partner is able and willing to move out, you can share the burden of the cost of housing between you, so perhaps do a calculation for living by yourself and one for you living with your partner in a private rental and see if either is an option you could manage.

What about the father? If you both have jobs it's not so bad.