Help with renting from council

pmlindyloo

Chris_1 wrote: »

Listen i dont know where you get off trying to make out like i am out looking for a handout!!! I work and pay taxes i have no sense of entitlement as you say... I am simply looking for a home for myself which i will be paying for. My expectations are unrealistic???? What?? wanting a home??? Yeah really unrealistic If i go out and get someone pregnant or get a drug habit and get arrested and be a general drain to society, no doubt i will get a social worker and moved into a flat in no time!!!

OK so you're angry - we all understand that.

This forum is not meant to be judgemental or to discuss current government policy (difficult sometimes ) so you will have to forgive people who comment otherwise.

We have all tried to help you.

Now you need to focus your frustration by being proactive and trying some of the ideas suggested.

BitterAndTwisted

I'm not saying that your expectations are unrealistic about wanting a place of your own but it's very unrealistic to expect a HA or LA to be able to provide you with one.


If you were a drug-addict or an ex-convict you'd be likely to be put into a hostel with other substance abusers and ex-cons, not in a luxury one-bedroomed flat.

If you're desperate to move out of your parent's home you're going to have to find something for yourself whether that's palatable or not.

tanith

Its bloody hard for most young people who want to move out of the family home for the first time for some its impossible . Do you have maybe a family member or friend of the family who has a spare room they'd be prepared to rent to you? Sometimes even a grandparent who has the room and could do with a bit of help around the house plus some extra cash.. I do think you will wait a long long time if you are relying on the council. Good luck!

19lottie82

you have to live within your means. i moved out at the age of 18 and lived in flatshares until I was 28. Sure I would have loved my own flat BUT there was no way I could afford it in the area I wanted.

As the other posters have said, you will be bottom of the councils priority list. You aren't homeless and you aren't living in an overcrowded proper

If you really want to move out get a flatshare with a friend or a bedsit that is within your budget. Or move to an area that is less desirable, so rentals are cheaper.

I can't advocate you claiming to be homeless I'm afraid, just because you wan't your own place and aren't prepared to share (the norm for young people) or pay the going market rates. Plus if you did put in a homeless claim, there is a chance they may put you in a homeless hostel first before you got a flat. Would you be prepared to live there for a time?

I'm sure most people would love a nice flat with cheap rent, but for most of these people, it aint going to happen. You need to start being relaistic I'm afraid.

Okydoky25

Have you looked at Studio flats to rent or shared ownership? I moved out f hoe (in London) at 21 and rented a small converted Studio, granted it was tiny with no oven just a kitchen top stove & shower room which cost e £700 a month and I was on a low wage but I managed and then bought a shared ownership flat 3 years later. It is do able and altho I hate it that I'm not entitled to any help, would never have got given anything I'm kind of glad I don't at the same time.

sulkisu

Even if you are 'homeless', the LA has no obligation to house you. If it were as easy as that, most people would do the same. They have limited stock and cannot simply pluck a flat out of the air. You are expected to find your own accommodation. If you don't want shared accommodation, you will have to do whatever you can to earn enough to rent your own space privately.

19lottie82

Chris_1 wrote: »

My expectations are unrealistic???? What?? wanting a home???

You have a home.

Chris_1 wrote: »

If i go out and get someone pregnant or get a drug habit and get arrested and be a general drain to society, no doubt i will get a social worker and moved into a flat in no time!!!

Pretty much, I know it's not fair, and I don't agree with it one bit, but that't the way things work I'm afraid.

19lottie82

OP can I just ask where you live and what your take home pay a month is?

eamon

You must apply. If only out of principle. Why should your only option be to make a private landlord even richer?

19lottie82

eamon wrote: »

You must apply. If only out of principle. Why should your only option be to make a private landlord even richer?

he/she has plenty of other options

1) stay where they are

2) save up for a while then buy somewhere

3) get a flatshare, or rent a room


BUT yes, you're right, getting on the waiting list is a good idea, I just wouldn't expect anywhere quickly