Renting problems.....as well as some advice on council houses needed

titewad_2

heybigsaver wrote:

We're not a couple my mum and I live here, and we need the three bedroom for foster caring, which the council are accepting.

Would the council not take this into account when they allocate you a property..
As for the storing of your families' belongings,this is not really your responsibility or any prospective landlords,especially not a councils, so I would suggest telling the owners of the stuff that they need to find and pay for their own secure storage..

angeluk69_2

If I were you I would tell friends/family/the neighbours dog to stop using your house as a storage area or maybe you could charge them for the space that you sooo desperately need, then you might be able to afford the rent.

89 pts is quite generous considering you don't need 4 bedrooms, it's people like you that make me mad... I have 2 kids(DS &DD age 5 and 2) they have to share a bedroom and we have hardly any space for them to play or do anything and yet we cannot get a council house and we have been on the list for nearly 5 yrs. People like you think 'how can we get cheap housing, ohI know...lets start fostering and then make out we are overcrowded!'

This sort of attitude absolutley appauls decent peopl like me and my family as we struggle everyday to be able to do what we can for our kids and still don't get the help that we truly need.


(sorry if my post upsets anyone apart from OP but I needed to voice my opinion)

Clear your house and downsize, be decent and respect the fact there are far more deserving people on council lists genuinely waiting for housing

Tassotti

Harsh post angeluk69.

OPs thinking (according to you) 'hmmm..I really want a council house...I know, I will foster to get a house...That will be easy....

Hmmm..not so sure.

However, it does annoy me when tenants who are renting privately (and so obviously aren't top of any council waiting lists) are given 'advice' by the council to wait to be evicted as they then go to the top of the council list.

The council are just elevating the lack of housing problem by taking people who do not really need it!!!

Rant over

angeluk69_2

Like I say apologies if anyone thinks my post was harsh, but that is exactly how I read the later posts.

clutton_2

i actually do know someone who is using "fostering" as a mean to getting a larger flat, and only intends doing it for a short while - i think it stinks.

Angela i am not saying you are doing this btw.

but, i do agree, get rid of this huge quantity of stuff, its only "stuff" and once its gone out of the door, you will have great difficulty remembering what it was.

S4311y

I couldn't agree with you anymore angeluk, i too have a ds & dd aged 5 & 2 who have to share a room, and i have been on my local H.A list for over 5 years as well as others & have been told that we do not have enough points! Not to mention the fact that we are paying privately atm which was ok when we moved back here but now it isn't especially with my df not getting the last job he was on trial for & him being the chief income earner, although i too would now like to get back into work.
To even put a post up like that is ridiculous & just goes to show how selfish & brainless some people really are!

And no i wont be appolagising for my opinion as it is exactly how i feel!

:mad:

S4311y

Hey angeluk i have just read your post out loud to my better half & noticed that we are both in the same boat pretty much, even our children are the same ages/sex!

Had i have thought i could have saved me all that typing and just made the point of being similar to yourself lol. I dunno must have been a brunette moment

Fran

I can understand what it's like being in overcrowded housing, but there's no need for these nasty posts and the way you are putting it.

The OP posted because they can't afford where they live because 2 family members have moved out, also they can't afford to move. They are therefore presumably a low income family and are looking at their options. Which is fair enough.

wifeforlife

Hey there

Would you approach your landlord and just say to them that you love where you live, you take good care of the property and want to be in it longterm and would they meet you half way over an increase. I did this with my landlord and he has kept my rent the same for 3 yrs now. I do things like pay for the window sills to be repainted, oil fire burner to be serviced and things like that. They may seem small but he really appreciates it.

The only other option other than moving to a smaller, cheaper place is to earm more income, or maybe put a statement of accounts onto the DFW forum and see if you could make any small savings

HTH
Best of luck
Cath

titewad_2

Fran wrote:

I can understand what it's like being in overcrowded housing, but there's no need for these nasty posts and the way you are putting it.

The OP posted because they can't afford where they live because 2 family members have moved out, also they can't afford to move. They are therefore presumably a low income family and are looking at their options. Which is fair enough.

They are not in overcrowded housing,in fact the opposite.
What's upsetting some people is not the fact they are maybe a low income family,or that they can't afford to pay the rent with two family members having moved out.It's the fact that still require a property the same size so that they have bedrooms available to store the property of the two family members who have moved out.