Council housing problem

[BornToBeAPrincess]

Hi, I am looking for some advice on my housing problem.

I have lived in my 2 bedroom council flat for 3 years now. There are 6 flats in the block spread over 3 floors. I am on the top. 3 of the flats have families with young children in, 2 are single middle aged men. 1 of the men is lovely. The 1 opposite me is not.

He is an alcoholic and doesn?t work. He constantly plays loud music, shouts in the hall and slams doors. He has strange visitors day and night who ring my buzzer when he will not let them in and are generally rude. There is also a young girl that comes - about 13. She shouts abuse at people and in the past has threatened to kill my kids and trash my car!!

Well, about 2 months ago I complained. We met up in the estate office with the manager and he agreed to be more considerate and not have visitors after 7pm. Everything was ok for a few weeks but has steadily got worse since then.
Last night at 2am after he had already woken my baby twice I went out and told him to shut up or I would report him. I shut the door and he shouted something about speaking to him not the estate office. I tried to speak to him this morning but he slammed the door in my face so I phoned and gave details of the recent incidents to the estate manager.

I am terrified of this bloke. He is so intimidating. I just want to get out of here.
I already have 2 girls and a baby due in December so the estate manager said when the baby comes she can do a management report to get us moved. But December is a long way away and I am scared to leave my flat.

I can?t afford a mortgage or to rent privately. I just don?t know what to do

i will add more later - i am at work and this computer is wanky

www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/education-and-learning/schools/parents/complaints/;js essionid=b1hMYn9bRIO6

yes that is a big jump but hopefully you can find something much nicer so it will be worth paying the extra - with a garden etc? Sorry not a huge amount of help I know just trying to be positive.

www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/policing-and-public-safety/crime-and-law-enforcement/ anti-social-behaviour/

I know. It would be worth it to have an extra bedroom and a garden and away from the horrible man. But people keep saying once we get out of social housing theres no way we'll get back in. Still, in a few years we might not need it.

Oooh thanks Custy, that last link has diaries and everything to print off

why should you move when he's the fucker?

hope these links help - please i beg beg beg you to put in a formal complaint about " how your complaint was handled"

and keep complaining.

they only sort stuff out when you complain.

realistically do you want to be in social housing forever??????? Yes there are some lovely neighbours etc but you can get stuck to people who are not considerate etc at least with private renting you can move on more easily.

moving out of social housing and on to somewhere else is a piece of piss - just give notice and be done, social housing rent is often cheaper, there is recourse to complain which is regulated by the govt, whereas with private sector renting - sure there is stuff in place bbut the level to which anyone gives a fuck is debatable depending on where you live.

private renting only affords you a choice if you have the money or get lucky.

sopcial housing rent is cheaper - allowing one to save up, stay out of debt and poss move onto better lifestyle - if one uses it correctly.

Sorry, had to fetch dp from work.

Custy in your opinion do I have a good enough reason to keep going with this? I got the impression from the estate officer that she thought I was making a big deal out of nothing.

thats becuase your creating work for her to do.

housing officers priotity is to get the rent in.

their managers are on their back to get the rent in

they will have performance indicators around getting the rent in

the management board will have meetings about rental income and rent recovery.

NOW

ASB ( antisocial behaviour) is slippery and not quantifyable. its like jelly.

first of all it can be considered raltive - how loud is loud music - what pisses you off may not piss me off

what is unreasonable behaviour...etc...etc. its very subjective.

and you can bet your arse no one its shouting at your housing officer " HELP EPOPLE LEAD GOOD LIVES WILL YOU GOD DAMMIT, I WANT THOSE HAPPINESS FIGURES ON MY DESK STAT"

SO my message is fuck them and fuck the horse they rode in on fuckt he world fuckity fuck.

if someone threatens my children i report them to landlord and phone the police.
noise nuisance - landlord - and noise nuisance people
all the time keep diary sheets AND DO ASK HOW TO FILL THEM IN SO THEY ARE ADMISSABLE IN COURT

becuase so many times people but spurrious wide comments that the judge will laugh at if it came tolegal proceedings.

if this man is making your life a misery - then fuck him.

if your HO cant be arsed - then fuck them too.

you deserve a decent standard of life

i think you will find in your tenancy agreement words to the effect " to enjoy the right to your tenancy"

screw them.

Thanks Custy I'll keep on at them. You always do speak alot of sense!

I saw him this morning, he totally ignored me thank god. I have managed to speak to the other 2 families in the block with children who both agree the noise is unacceptable. They both said they'll do whatever they can to help.

good, good. giz a shout if you need owt.