Council Housing

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Just wondering how long it took other people to get a place through the council when around the 10th position for bidding? I know it can vary but curious how long it may take. Thank you

Do you both have nothing better to do than to read through threads and comment irrelevant and nasty stuff?

How dare you suggest I’m making an irresponsible decision. You know one aspect about my circumstances, not the full picture. Disgusting people 🤮

I don't think people are being disgusting, they are being realistic. If you are struggling to get a toddler down stairs, how on earth will you manage a toddler and a newborn. You clearly can't afford a second child at the moment. So you need to prioritise the one you have. When you are settled in your new home. The. Consist TTC.

Then TTC*

I didn’t ask for peoples opinions on my TTC situation. Simple as that

I think you calling other people disgusting is a bit rich. You can’t support yourself or your child and you are actively trying for another one that you can’t pay for. If you fell on hard times and applied for social housing that would be different. Instead, you treat it as a lifestyle choice that other people have to fund and subsidise because you think that your right to another child comes above this child’s right to be brought into the world to a family who can provide for them. You are making poor choices (you can’t afford to provide a roof over your current child’s head) and have the nerve to call other people disgusting. The mind boggles.

What makes you think it’s ok to tell someone you don’t know what they ‘need’ to be doing? When they didn’t ask? Especially when choosing to have kids? It’s insane 😂

You didn’t ask for peoples opinions on that but you did post on a public forum asking about council housing that is subsidised by the taxpayer. You obviously can’t support yourself and are actively trying for another mouth to feed. Fingers crossed for you that your universal credit entitlement goes up, eh? 🤦‍♀️

Pay for them without relying on handouts and nobody will have an opinion. You can’t though which means that you shouldn’t have more children than you can afford. It’s questionable if you can afford the one you have if you can’t pay your rent.

You say I can’t afford to put a roof over my child’s head yet here we all are, tucked up in bed, warm, fed and happy. I said we struggle. And I’ll say it again you don’t know my circumstances and how they may be likely to change over the next coming months.

As for being ‘funded’ by other people is this a jibe at everyone who uses the social housing system? Don’t even know where to start with this one

Why you have concerned yourself with this I don’t know but please do some soul searching and try and mend those traumas that clearly are making you a deeply unhappy, negative and bitter person.

But if people contribute to the system that funds you and you make a decision that pulls more from it why wouldn’t they feel entitled to have an opinion? The op makes it sound like your position is precarious atm - ttc won’t make it more secure

If you 'struggle' OP dont have another baby until you're settled in your council house.

OP probably thinks having another kid will bump her up the list and get her a bigger place.

In your own post you wrote that your current rent is £675 and you can barely afford it. In this current COL crisis, there will be many families in a similar situation. It’s awful but most of these families are tightening their belts to ride it out, not expanding their families.

You talk about your circumstances changing, why are you waiting for a council house then? I assume your change in circumstance will be getting a council house. I have nothing against social housing for those falling on hard times and are needing support. However, you are already on hard times by the sounds of it and are actively trying for another baby. In what world is that responsible? You will rely on universal credit to cover the cost of this child as you can’t afford this additional cost yourself. If you can barely pay rent, how will you afford everything a child needs over the next few years? It boils down to you wanting another child, regardless of who pays for them. You won’t find many people who think it’s a good idea.

The tax payer doesn't subsidise social housing , tenants can claim housing benefit / element of UC but this is the same for private rents.

If it is a CBL system your position will fluctuate, firstly due to people bidding with a higher priority and also some properties types and areas will be more popular than others. Also there is always a slight drop in bids this time of year as people aren't really thinking about moving.

Lazy scroungers unfortunately. Some people work and get on and others just wait for the government to pay for it. Simple as. That's why you see people talking about all the council houses in their extended family - it's ingrained.

To be fair if their taxes are paying your ‘wages’ I think they’re allowed a say - but their wording could have been better.

Good luck with your house search; there’s always going to be flaring tempers on both sides where raising kids on handouts is concerned.

You know full time workers can and do live in council housing right? Nothing the OP has said implies that they receive any benefits from the tax payer.

Some of us acquire disabilities and adapted property is as rare as hen's teeth.

Nothing to suggest OP IS working though? Not that it matters if she is need, but then to make that need WORSE deliberately - well that’s a different story.

Hey. I hope you have found somewhere. If you did how long did it take from 10th position x

Hello please and please can anyone help me to understand my position of this please can make me understand that.

Do you mean the 'offered elsewhere'? I think that means they have offered it to someone else, now if they reject it you move up one place in the list.