Private Renting or Housing Association?

AngelEyes81

Thank you all for your replies I really appreciate the time people take to help others out with their advice/opinions.

My sister is coming round tomorrow after I finish work so will be showing her all this.

The house they live in now his parents was only a 2 bed house (which they own) there was no room at first for them and as they really had no where else other than shelters his dad had to rip out the bathroom to make a small bedroom for them to go into, so the 'bathroom' is now next to the kitchen which they hate - one cause of tension - they wants their own space back his parents - they already have their other daughter living there. I think that when they move out they will change the bathroom back as it's really not ideal right now.
So at the moment in what should be a 2 bed house is living 5 people.

One thing on one housing place I found they ask:

Have you or any member of your household a Limiting Long Term Illness / Disability / Health Problems?

Then list some, including
* Depression (they have both suffered with this)
* Agoraphobic/panic attacks (she does suffer with this and always has - family trait it seems)

But she is trying to fight through it, neither are under the doctor at the moment, so what would she put on the form? Would she tick these 2 above boxes?

I'm trying to sort this as she isn't computer literate and I really don't want the family hassle any more and all the tension this is bringing.

Wee_Willy_Harris

I'd enter any info you felt might help and let the individual HA decide. Depression is quite common so may not go very far (if at all) to help, but it won't hinder them either.

puddy

so has her boyfriend never moved out of home then? or did he move out and then move back in with your sister later? if so, why? where ws your sister living before this?

AngelEyes81

puddy wrote: »

so has her boyfriend never moved out of home then? or did he move out and then move back in with your sister later? if so, why? where ws your sister living before this?

He did have a house, got into debt thanks to a EX then had the house taken off him, he moved back with his parents, she lived with ours, they met wanted to live together after a while (they have been together 3 years) couldn't afford it as they had debts, plus on low wage, she has problems etc, so she moved in with him/his family, this was a while ago and now it's getting ridiculous and so much bad tension, it creates rows with them sometimes, always rows between his parents and them, plus there's 5 living in a house that should be a 2 bed, plus it's always brought up that his parents had to get rid of their nice bathroom to 'make' another small bedroom for them to live in, so now no bath and the 'toilet' is next to the kitchen (hate going round there)

And thank you all for the other info regarding LHA/HB and tax credits etc. Will have them look into this.

I just don't know what's going to happen if they have to live there much longer, but told her tonight and she read this thread and was cheered up a bit, they are going to try apply to the housing associations as wee willy harris said it can't hurt to try and it's given them a bit of hope they didn't think they had before this. They aren't expecting anything and if it happens then they will be totally happy, even if they have to wait a while at least they will know the end to how they're living now is getting nearer.