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Possibility of a council house? No idea how to start.
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Disgraceful. The money that you and your sister receive is supposed to pay for your living costs. The vast majority of it should be going to your parents - to pay for food, utilities, board etc. By your own admission, your parents are struggling financially, which makes your behaviour even more shameful.
As for sister's boyfriend, he and his girlfriend have created a child and he may need to put his college dreams on hold in the short-term while he takes responsibility for supporting the family that he has created. Or if need be, he should ask his parents for help - why should your parent's support him?
None of which addresses the issue of overcrowding faced by the OP now.
Regarding the question of housing, LA are more likely to consider an application from your sister and her boyfriend, but doesn't include you. Your sister and her boyfreind will be eligible for a two-bedroomed property (as they have a child), but with you included on the application they would then need a three-bedroomed property. Larger properties are in much shorter supply.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY
LA's have no problem accepting apps from siblings. The family size presented would qualify for (and be allocated) a 3 bed house by her LA.0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »The benefits board on this site would imply otherwise!
I see people asking rediculous questions. true. But applying for something you aren't going to get isn't the same as fiddling, is it?0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »I doubt most do to the tune of £100s a week! And for the majority that wouldn't hit the taxpayer!
Honestly, I wonder why my parents bothered working full time and paying for the children they had. I should just have got knocked up at 15 and they needn't have bothered! :mad:
I only posted a simple question, I didn't realise it would get so personal. I cannot work, not from choice but I suffer from several problems including severe anxiety and agrophobia which means I cannot leave the house. I do not choose to be this way, I am 21 years old and would love to have a life. As for my sister, she is not claiming job seekers as she doesn't feel it right to as she is staying home to look after the baby. She is perfectly entitled to claim it as lots of other people do. My father is almost 70 and has worked all his life, for sevsral years working 2 jobs, he dose still do some work when he can. My mum works part time, she has more than enough to do looking after the house etc and jobs aren't easy to come by as I hope you appreciate. So, my father has always paid his taxes so surely we are not sponging off the state??
Apart from some really nice, helpful replies I wish I hadn't asked now.0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »The benefits board on this site would imply otherwise!
The posters on the benefits board of this website do no more represent the nations benefit recipients, anymore than the posters on the "parking fines" board represent the nations motorists.
Even if they did, only a handful of posters on here appear to edge towards something resembling 'fiddling'. (Assuming you are using 'fiddling' to be synonymous with 'fraud' or 'illegal').
The experiences on this board are limited to those few people who post on them. They cannot be used for any meaningful objective study into how many people on benefits are 'fiddling'.All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.0 -
lottiexcore wrote: »I only posted a simple question, I didn't realise it would get so personal. I cannot work, not from choice but I suffer from several problems including severe anxiety and agrophobia which means I cannot leave the house. I do not choose to be this way, I am 21 years old and would love to have a life.lottiexcore wrote: »My mum works part time, she has more than enough to do looking after the house etc and jobs aren't easy to come by as I hope you appreciate.
As you're home and don't mind your mum supporting you all, perhaps you could look after the house so that she could go full time?lottiexcore wrote: »As for my sister, she is not claiming job seekers as she doesn't feel it right to as she is staying home to look after the baby. She is perfectly entitled to claim it as lots of other people do.
Clearly society owes her for the fabulous lesson she's teaching her child.lottiexcore wrote: »My father is almost 70 and has worked all his life, for sevsral years working 2 jobs, he dose still do some work when he can. So, my father has always paid his taxes so surely we are not sponging off the state?
Great. He paid some taxes, which probably didn't get close to covering the costs of his pension, his healthcare, the education of his children, their healthcare as children, never mind your benefits now!lottiexcore wrote: »Apart from some really nice, helpful replies I wish I hadn't asked now.
You can't really be that surprised!I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
lottiexcore wrote: »I only posted a simple question, I didn't realise it would get so personal. I cannot work, not from choice but I suffer from several problems including severe anxiety and agrophobia which means I cannot leave the house. I do not choose to be this way, I am 21 years old and would love to have a life. As for my sister, she is not claiming job seekers as she doesn't feel it right to as she is staying home to look after the baby. She is perfectly entitled to claim it as lots of other people do. My father is almost 70 and has worked all his life, for sevsral years working 2 jobs, he dose still do some work when he can. My mum works part time, she has more than enough to do looking after the house etc and jobs aren't easy to come by as I hope you appreciate. So, my father has always paid his taxes so surely we are not sponging off the state??
Apart from some really nice, helpful replies I wish I hadn't asked now.
Some people on here just don't think ANYONE should get a council house. Not because it's wrong, but because they don't have one. Just ignore them. They are petty, small minded wuckfits and not worthy of your reply. Fortunately, I am also a petty, smallminded wuckfit, so I do reply.0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »As you're home and don't mind your mum supporting you all, perhaps you could look after the house so that she could go full time?
Clearly society owes her for the fabulous lesson she's teaching her child.
He paid his taxes, which probably didn't get close to covering the costs of his pension, his healthcare, the education of his children, their healthcare as children, never mind your benefits now!
You can't really be that surprised!
Feel better now? Well, what are you going to do after giving this young girl a piece of your mind??? Club some seals???0 -
lottiexcore wrote: »I only posted a simple question, I didn't realise it would get so personal. I cannot work, not from choice but I suffer from several problems including severe anxiety and agrophobia which means I cannot leave the house. I do not choose to be this way, I am 21 years old and would love to have a life. As for my sister, she is not claiming job seekers as she doesn't feel it right to as she is staying home to look after the baby. She is perfectly entitled to claim it as lots of other people do. My father is almost 70 and has worked all his life, for sevsral years working 2 jobs, he dose still do some work when he can. My mum works part time, she has more than enough to do looking after the house etc and jobs aren't easy to come by as I hope you appreciate. So, my father has always paid his taxes so surely we are not sponging off the state??
Apart from some really nice, helpful replies I wish I hadn't asked now.
I think one objection to your scenario is justified, that you say you and your sister barely give your parents any keep, despite having your own income of Incapacity and DLA. Your sister and her boyfriend has her own income of CTC, CB, and her boyfriends ESA.
You also say your parents shopping and utilities bills are very high, because I assume they are also feeding and keeping you warm. So, firstly, it probably would be a good idea to reassess how much 'Keep' you all give to your parents, to ease the burden on them.
As for the housing, then, yes, the council will mos likely consider them for a 2-bed property. It's rare for a couple in housing need with a child to only receive 1 bed. If your parents really want you sister/her bf and baby out, then the quickest way is for them to write this in a letter to the council. If they are willing for them to remain until the council can house them, they can be classed as "homeless" even whilst living with a relative.All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.0 -
Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »Feel better now? Well, what are you going to do after giving this young girl a piece of your mind??? Club some seals???
I'm searching ebay for a time machine. A spell of Victorian times might benefit some people
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »I'm searching ebay for a time machine. A spell of Victorian times might benefit some people
Oh poppet... Don't be afraid of progress... It's a good thing.0
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