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Council House - Waiting for 10 Years

25 replies

Fayha · 22/07/2017 15:47

Hi, i don't know if i can get any help with my situation. I am 24 years old living with my parents and we are waiting for a two bedroom house or flat from council for over 10 years. Still nothing. My mum going through mental/suffocating illness over the last few months cz of the property we also got a medical letter from the gp proving that. I am suffering from a serious back pain as i have slept on the sofa for years and still am as i don't have space to put a bed. Been told that if I continue sleeping on the couch it could worsen up to something really serious. My dad also a heart/diabetic patient. Our one bed studio flat also been the victim of a burglar attack. Which is another reason mum feels scared all the time. We also been targeted of attack where every other day we would wake up to see someone has thrown eggs in our car. Sometimes youngsters keep on banging our windows too. Is there any chance that we hold to maybe soon get a 2 bedroom house or flat from this tiny one bedroom studio flat. Which doesn't even have partition from the bed where mum dad lives to where i sleep on the couch. I never had any privacy in my life cz of that. Now that i am 24 looking to get married I cannot even to do that cz of this situations. We tried to move into a private house cz of the financial situation we could not do that. We have almost £10k loan in our head. Which is another reason we cannot privately rent a bigger house. I will highly appreciate your time & concerns. Many thanks

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HipsterHunter · 22/07/2017 15:49

It sounds a bit shit but why are you just doing nothing to improve our back pain?

Could replace the sofa with a proper sofa bed?

Or have a single mattres propped up behind the sofa that you can put on the floor for sleeping?(

user1497480444 · 22/07/2017 15:52

agree, back pain issue is easily resolved, sort it out.

Is there any particular reason why you are still living with your parents? Are you working? Are they working? Is your fiance working? Where does your fiance live?

Bluntness100 · 22/07/2017 15:53

I don't understand either. Surely you could put a screen up and get a sofa bed? Why do you have so much debt? Why can't you leave and get married and your parents live there? Why do you still live there at 24?

Can't you do a swap also if location is an issue?

SnickersWasAHorse · 22/07/2017 15:54

What does cz mean?

HipsterHunter · 22/07/2017 15:55

And why have you posted the SAME THREAD SEVEBTYFIVEMILLION TIMES across about ten different topics?

SnickersWasAHorse · 22/07/2017 15:55

Can you change the sofa for a single bed? Put cushions on it during the day to use it as a sofa.

user1497480444 · 22/07/2017 15:56

please explain further. Your post doesn't go any way in explaining what the problem is, and why you can't sort your living arrangements out for yourself. you might have good reasons, but unless you explain, we don't understand why you can't just earn money and move away.

HipsterHunter · 22/07/2017 15:57

What does cz mean?

I think maybe coz / because?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 22/07/2017 15:58

Is it you that has £10k personal debt OP?

shakemysilliesout · 22/07/2017 15:58

Why don't you move in to a shared house? Unless I am missing something that's what most 24 yr olds do, especially if they don't have a proper bed at home.

wowbutter · 22/07/2017 15:58

I don't think you'll be that high up the list considering it's an adult, who could live else where, that is causing the hom to be overcrowded.
It's not actually the councils job to home you, it's your responsibility. Yes, you may have been in the waiting list since you were fourteen but you are an duly now.
I am imagining you will drip feed all sorts as to why you can't. But right now, move out, get a job and survive like every other bloody adult.

HipsterHunter · 22/07/2017 15:59

Surely you are working full time? Even at minimum wage that is enough to get your own room in a cheap shared flat/house whichever is better than you are living at the moment.

LemonyFresh · 22/07/2017 15:59

Waiting for the inevitable drip feed...

SnickersWasAHorse · 22/07/2017 16:00

You have been waiting for 10 years. Does this mean you moved in there when you 14? Why did they move into a bedsit? Why have you not got a bed in all this time?

GreenTulips · 22/07/2017 16:03

Are you working
Are you bidding in properties
Are you planning on staying with parents or is it for Just you?
Your getting married so why aren't you moving out anyway?

Ring the council and ask what the likely waitbis and how've you can increase you chances

SnickersWasAHorse · 22/07/2017 16:05

Is it a one bed flat or a studio flat? It can't be a one bed studio flat.
Is it a council flat and if so why did the council house you all in a one bed flat?

I think the chances of you all getting rehoused are slim. There are people with young children who will get housed ahead of you.

BewareOfDragons · 22/07/2017 16:07

You're an adult. You've been an adult for 6 years. What have you done to work towards getting yourself out of this situation? Education? Apprenticeships? University? Further education? Training? Jobs?

THere's no reason for you to still be in this situation. Your back issues are a red herring. The day you were told the couch was causing your back problems was the day you should have moved to a mat or mattress on the floor or gone shopping for a day bed.

You need to help yourself, not wait for taxpayers to provide for someone who, based on no additional information provided, has no reason not to be working and helping themselves. You are not your parents. There is no reason for you to waste your life waiting for other people to sort your situation out for you.

GreenTulips · 22/07/2017 17:10

Have to say I saved and brought a house at 25 - same as my friends except I was single income they brought jointly

Saved and brought furniture etc

You can do this if you want too

Floggingmolly · 22/07/2017 17:15

Why are you still living with your parents in a studio flat at the age of 24, and claiming that's the reason you can't get married?
Do you work?

MumIsRunningAMarathon · 22/07/2017 17:27

Why has this situation been allowed to happen..... 10 years?

You've had plenty of time to sort yourselves out, you don't get to just sit and wait it out and expect other people to bail you out!

Does anyone work?? At all?

Onelastpage · 22/07/2017 17:32

I do think that sometimes situations can feel overwhelming when you're in them - whereas outsiders think it's ever so simple. The truth is somewhere in between!

Perhaps you do need to break it down into smaller issues. The Council (every council) are under incredible pressure so depending on them will just mean another long wait - though you can always call to ask for guidance about lists etc.

So...

mattress or sofa bed for your back.
ikea or similar room divider. These aren't necessarily very expensive if you look around.

A long while ago, I know that Safer Neighbourhood teams would do visits to check home security for people who were vulnerable - perhaps that might make your mother feel a little safer.

Make sure you are reporting anti-social behaviour.

Citizens Advice might be able to advise about the debt.

And perhaps you do need to look at if you can afford to move out. You haven't really said anything about your own resources?

Choose one thing to focus on right now and try to make progress on that. Break it down into small manageable tasks. This always helps me.

user1499786242 · 22/07/2017 22:56

Get a job.....

Winelover93 · 22/07/2017 23:32

Move out get your own place and get a bed problem solved your 24. I'm 21 and was private renting at 18 working full time.

feral · 22/07/2017 23:55

Who are you looking to marry?!

Are you moving this person in too?

Everyone and their dog had letters from gp etc saying they need better property and I'm afraid it doesn't mean shit.

There has to be something you can do to help yourself here. For a start, you're 24 - if you moved out the place would be the right size for your parents- are you staying in the hope of getting them a bigger place then moving on?

Your post makes no sense

AndNowItIsSeven · 23/07/2017 00:00

Really you were in a couch at 14?

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