Please help - sick with worry

nomoreboomandbust

eskimo26 wrote: »

Perhaps stop reading trashy tabloids?

Is this what you mean ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1536324/Rapist-wins-pay-out-over-unlawful-detention.html

Hardly trashy tabloids

Bloomin_Freezing2

eskimo26 wrote: »

Perhaps stop reading trashy tabloids?

So it's all made up news is it? BTW I read a selection of papers daily, not all 'trashy'.

So is it either untrue or unimportant (in your opinion) that a 12 yr old girl was left for dead after being run over by an asylum seeker with a driving conviction (so should not be behind a wheel). Who was not deported as it breached HIS human rights to be taken away from his family????

Disgusting!! If he'd miss his kids that much send them all away! What about the poor grieving parents of the little girl? What about their human rights?

Gandalfthegrey

Have you tried the 'Turn2Us' website? If you type in your financial details accurately you can see if you will be entitled to housing benefit & council tax benefit (first visit your housing department website to find out what the LHA is for your area). Once you know then you can start looking at private rents.

I am in a similar boat, I am looking for private rental (which I would prefer anyway) but if by the time it comes to our eviction date we havent found a suitable home the council have a duty under the 'homelessness act' to find us accommodation. It would mean first going into temporary accommodation (which I wouldnt want to do as im currently 38 wks pregnant, and have a 2 year old) then once a house finally becomes available they will move us into it.
Another option would be to stay with your parents as someone else here has suggested, and just stay put untill the council house you because you will be overcrowded. It will probably take longer tha if you were 'homeless' but you wouldnt need to go into a b&b.

Do you really want the stress of all that? I think you would be better off finding a private rent. If you genuinely cant afford private then obviously you have no choice but to go down the stressful route with council.

I was under the impression that children of opposit sex up to the age of 10 years old can share a room, over that age they should have separate rooms. I'm not sure though if this applies to temporary accommodation as it is just that - temporary. Once the council find you a permanent house then your 12 year old daughter would be entitled to her own room.

Bloomin_Freezing2

Gandalfthegrey wrote: »

I was under the impression that children of opposit sex up to the age of 10 years old can share a room, over that age they should have separate rooms. I'm not sure though if this applies to temporary accommodation as it is just that - temporary. Once the council find you a permanent house then your 12 year old daughter would be entitled to her own room.

Lots of us are under this impression but when I was pregnant with my second, I asked my housing officer 'if it's a boy what happens with them sharing a room when my daughter gets to 10,11 or 12?'

I was told different sex children can share a room even if they are 18:eek:, its only guidelines that they have different rooms when they get to a certain age but its not law.

Oldernotwiser

naomi1010 wrote: »

Yes I do know the area but have absolutely no idea how the system works OBW as as I stated before I have never been in this position before - never claimed benefits let alone being on the housing list so not sure what is meant by that and being able to help ourselves??

What I meant is simply that you already live in the area where you want to live, you know the local papers and estate agents and may even have useful local contacts. I really can't see why you feel that you can only get a house through being housed through the council, particularly as private rentals in your area seem reasonably priced compared to your income.

black_paw

have you spoken to cccs ? http://www.cccs.co.uk/?gclid=CNym5P3wiKcCFQsTfAodMBYZeA they offer help in every thing , my friend works for them and has helped out my brother who is in similar stuff to you....try to get private rented house your get help with rent and tax

pingua

If the O.P moves in with family, would she not just end up there for years?? 7 years ago a freind applied to a council for housing - they were living with a family member in a 2 bed house. They had 2 kids. They are still on the waiting list in B'ham. No joke.

I reckon you need to either rent privately
or
Get evicted,temp accom then fingers crossed a house.

I would not suggest moving in with friends or family as you are not homeless /in need then. But really I am no expert.

clemmatis

Bloomin_Freezing2 wrote: »

So it's all made up news is it? BTW I read a selection of papers daily, not all 'trashy'.

So is it either untrue or unimportant (in your opinion) that a 12 yr old girl was left for dead after being run over by an asylum seeker with a driving conviction (so should not be behind a wheel). Who was not deported as it breached HIS human rights to be taken away from his family????

Disgusting!! If he'd miss his kids that much send them all away! What about the poor grieving parents of the little girl? What about their human rights?

It's untrue. It wasn't a matter of his human rights, it was his children -- British, born here -- and stepchildren, British, and his British wife, whose rights to a family life were being considered.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/libertycentral/2010/dec/28/human-rights-act-aso-mohammed-ibrahim

naomi1010

Hello,

Just a quick one to say thank you for all your replies, not had time to read them all yet but will do. I flit in and out briefly as that's all the kids will allow me so please don't think i'm ignoring you all lol.

We have had a call from the council cancelling our appointment thursday as the man who is seeing us (the same one from before) has called in sick and won't be back until Friday (how they know this i'm not sure) but DH has refused and asked to see someone else so as long as that goes ahead I will update you all on what was said and will make sure I read all advice and info given before we go.