Social housing wait thread 1

[Accbabymom1994]

Applied 03/23 , Band C , Eligible for Medical reasons for the banding going up . Thought I'll make a thread for others that r waiting too. We sent evidence in Jan 24 and are still waiting for assessment. Is anyone else waiting too ? If so how long has it been ?

I've been bidding since July 2022 in band A medical grounds.
It took a year for them to assess our needs before I could bid.
No idea when we will get a place that is suited to ds needs.

Oh ok , I thought might take a year , what position are you coming on the bids ?

What evidence did you send? As I have asked for a medical assessment but not sure what evidence to send to them

We've been in band c for nearly 2 years and have just submitted all the medical forms and evidence. I was told to chase them up in 2 weeks if I've not heard anything

We submitted in Jan so u got a long wait ahead. I think probably takes a year assessing

@Accbabymom1994 I did think that tbh. The whole thing has been a nightmare. We currently live with family, so we share the bathroom and kitchen between what should be 2 households and we have no sitting room which with 2 SEN children is pretty horrific not having any space. Currently just feels like I'm waiting for everything that could help them

Same thing with me , live with inlaws, loads of relatives, my son is ND he can't take it but got to wait for band to go up

It's so hard, we're all on top of each other. The children can't have anything to help them as there's no space and there no where for them to go when they need some time to calm down. Sometimes the whole thing could make me cry

Been on hc since 2022 band c bid on ground floor skipped medical reason. Bid on1st floor told unsuitable . So getting no where

Hope you get something soon , did you apply on medical grounds

I just wanted to update that our assesment has been done and we've been moved up a band. Still going to be a long wait but not as long

Congratulations! How long did the assessment take ?

About 2 weeks however it took them a few weeks to send it all off.

When did u send all the evidence and are you in Band A nowv? Sorry for the questions just curious

We gave them everything on 17th June. No band B as its not an emergency. They did award us an extra bedroom which we would have been entitled to in a few weeks as expecting 3rd baby.

So happy for you . Ours is taking ages. Could you update me if there is any difference in the houses they offer or if your que position is better .

We will now be able to bid on 3 bed instead of 2 which although we need the 3 bedrooms it does unfortunately mean less properties will be available to bid on. We were about 80/90 in the queue for a 2 bed so as soon as we get the change to bid I will let you know where we fall now. I hope yours comes back soon for you!

Thank you hopefully.

There was a 3 bed property to bid on last week and we finished 49 so an improvement but still a really long wait

It's still better than before xxx, I'm on position number 1056 lol