How long are council housing waits for growing families?

[99Samblaze]

Hi
We moved to a one bedroom flat in Stockport a year ago. I had my son and now expecting again near Christmas. How long did people wait to get a council house of flat.
We can’t afford a two bedroom flat on the private market so having council house would help a lot.

Thank you

Hilter had followers. Doesn’t make his regime ok.

Amazing. Maybe you can start a little arsehole club.

OP has expressed a desire for a reasonably priced home. She also having her second child. It’s sad we are so conditioned as a society to find fault with this situation. It’s not much to want it’s not being entitled it’s wanting a basic level of affordable housing and a reasonable sized family.

Horrible reply

Honestly, this site is turning into a cesspool. We’d rather taunt a woman for continuing a pregnancy than look at why the fuck there isn’t enough housing to go round. Clue: it’s not because of immigration.

I’m a private renter. I live in a .v.small 2 bed house. I have a 10 yo boy and 4 yo girl.
i pay £1000pcm rent. for me to move to a 3 bed (average area) below average properties the rent and council tax alone would be £1800pcm.
my children can’t share, boy/girl and my son has aggressive night terrors.
theres not enough room for a separate bed in ‘my’ room for my daughter so she sleeps with me.
i asked the council , they basically told me not to waste my time with the 5-7hour application form as they wouldn’t class us as over crowded and suggested I sleep effectively next to my fridge. (No sep room downstairs the tiny bathroom, I’m talking very small ensuite size is also downstairs) so I think personally regardless of the council you’ll be told to move into your living room for some years.
before I’m jumped on, I had to move to this house when my daughter was 4 months old as the previous rental was riddled with mice & many other issues that ll refused to address. It was supposed to be a stop gap, but then the market went WILD and now we’re stuck!

No it’s not, it’s just telling her she has options!

OP feels “entitled”.

Jesus wept.

He will be able to claim back the tax for fuel expenses and the courier insurance at the end of the tax year.

Well, around 27 years ago, with an additional disability that made the accommodation dangerous, it was 18 years from first application.

HTH.

We private rent a 2 bed house currently for £800 which is fabulous for the area we live in. A similar property came up recently for £1300. The landlord is mortgage free so don’t charge us much because in his words “ he doesn’t do it for the money”. However 2 weeks ago he served us with a s21 as he wants to move into the property himself to downsize. We’ve looked at the market for private and simply cannot afford anything. We have a toddler and I am heavily pregnant.
approaches the council 2 weeks ago and have signed up for the local housing system and there was 64 bids on a particular house that would’ve been suitable for us. If that puts things into perspective for you. I’m at risk of homelessness so would be near the top but you would probably be at the bottom.

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Well said. The government and media want us to be preoccupied with fighting each other so that we are too busy to hold them accountable.

But people are rightly setting her expectations. It is self entitled to have a mindset where someone feels it’s their right to have a council house. Started off with op just posing a question, but then subsequent posts made it clear that she couldn’t understand why she can’t immediately be given one. The reality is that our population has risen drastically in the last three decades, and is on course to continue to rise over the next few decades. People have to start being more self sufficient and look to themselves to support their families, not look to the state. The well is running dry….

I'm in social housing. I waited 3 months for a 2 bed flat, then 5 years for a 3 bed house. Wales

Until Thatcher sold them off.

Thats a horrible thing to say.

You will be more likely to get something in a less desireable area. You would probably qualify for housing benefit if you get a private rental.

its because there are too many people trying to use an infrastructure which is inadequate. Population in 1980; 56million. Population 2026: 70 million. Predicted to rise more over the coming years. People used to have 3 children on average in 1980. Now the white British population are having 1 to 2 children. However, people coming into our country are having 3 plus children. Hence the population rising regardless. So I would say immigration is contributing to lack of housing. It’s naive to think otherwise.

I’m in South Oxfordshire and have been on the list for 6 years and am only now coming in the top ten bidders (band B)…..

Source? You would do better to look at the numbers of social homes being built. Thatcher sold them off and nobody’s bothered to replace them in any meaningful way. But it’s easier to blame the brown people, aye.

just buy the property. Instead his van he can pay the mortgage

Could you do a swap? I have 1 friend who swapped from a one-bed flat to a 3 bedroom house, another who swapped from a one-bed flat to a 2-bed house, and my SIL recently swapped her two bedroom house for a three bedroom.

Eh? Raising a deposit? Being approved a mortgage? Moving costs? Stamp duty? These are barriers facing a lot of renters whose rent is higher than a mortgage would be. “just buy the property” is so ignorant.

this is what we did, and this is what normal people do

No one is criticising hard working people. They’re criticising people who have children, complain their living conditions are too cramped and then expect the council to help them.