Question about children sharing a room

karenw

Is it legal for a boy age 12 and a girl age 13 to share a bedroom

lita

I did some research on this a while ago and found that there is no law, merely a guideline for housing associations. So if you own or rent privately, there is nothing that says they have to have seperate rooms. I'm not sure which side the council falls on though.

LilMissEmmylou

im pretty sure after the age of 5 its no longer fine for them to share? I could be wrong though. Hopefully somebody will be able to come along and give u a for sure answer

Wkdwill

The council in my area have a guideline that they go by but maybe all councils are different.

Same sex children can share up to the age of 16.

Different sex children can share till one reaches the age of 10.

What they dont take into consideration however is the actual size of the room they have to share, 2 children sharing a box room is going to be fun for us isnt it.

Best bet would be to try and find someone to swap houses.

PolishBigSpender

karenw wrote: »

Is it legal for a boy age 12 and a girl age 13 to share a bedroom, i have heard the council won't re-house and say it is perfectly fine to share at that age surely this can't be right

The people that had the children had the choice not to have more children than they could comfortably afford to house, rather than relying on the State to provide them with accomodation that *they* want.

DigitalJedi

It is legal as others have said. I don't see why the council should rehouse them to a bigger house just because they have to share a room. Convenient no but dangerous? Far far from it.

If she'd like the house that she *wants* then she needs to go and earn it like the rest of us. If she is in need then the council is of course obliged to provide safe accomodation which they have done. She should appreciate what she has rather than expecting the tax payer to pony up a bigger house.

Lastly if it were illegal for children of different sex to share a room then a lot of parents who don't rely upon the council would be breaking the law.

emlou2009

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

The people that had the children had the choice not to have more children than they could comfortably afford to house, rather than relying on the State to provide them with accomodation that *they* want.

i'm on the waiting list for council accommodation, i do apologise for daring to have a child that i cant afford to house. i suppose you think i should have had an abortion when i was surprised to find that the contraception i had been using for nearly 10 years had failed? how dare you comment on a situation without knowing the circumstances surrounding them. you do realise a lot of people are losing the homes they have paid mortgages on for years because their businesses have gone down the pan and that these people are being forced into council accommodation?

roxalana

Emlou - don't rise to the bait!

I suspect Polish's post was designed to get such a reaction. There are a lot of people on these forums at the moment trying to hijack threads rather than providing useful advice...

Could you share a bedroom with the same sex child if you are concerned about them sharing together?

Idiophreak

emlou2009 wrote: »

i suppose you think i should have had an abortion when i was surprised to find that the contraception i had been using for nearly 10 years had failed?

Even the best contraceptions only effective 99% of the time - surely you must have realised that statistics were closing in on you??

emlou2009

Idiophreak wrote: »

Even the best contraceptions only effective 99% of the time - surely you must have realised that statistics were closing in on you??

:rotfl:
i'll expect another in 10 years then lol! better start saving, wouldnt want to be a burden on my own countries tax system and need another bedroom eh!! :rolleyes:

grace11

It should be up to the individual parent to provide for their children, if they can't afford to have a house with a bedroom for each child, they have to put up with them sharing. My OH worked every hour god sent when we found out we were having twins, just so we could buy a bigger house.