Are home owners happy that prices rise and price out young

BillJones

ABetterLife wrote: »

I'm 20 years old. I really want to own a home within 5-10 years. ...

...and nobody will rent to someone with a baby on the way..

If you are 20 and having a child, then yes, tings will be a struggle.

Hopefully your partner has a good wage, but even if so, things will be hard for a bit. That's the nature of choosing to have a child so young.

ABetterLife

mayonnaise wrote: »

And that's where I stopped reading.

And your point is?

ABetterLife

BillJones wrote: »

If you are 20 and having a child, then yes, tings will be a struggle.

Hopefully your partner has a good wage, but even if so, things will be hard for a bit. That's the nature of choosing to have a child so young.

My partner left me.

I expect things to be hard, hence why I'm working my butt off, but I still find it sad.

ukcarper

ABetterLife wrote: »

My partner left me.

I expect things to be hard, hence why I'm working my butt off, but I still find it sad.

I don't think there has ever been a time when someone in your position would have found it possible to buy especially in London. Have you looked to see what help there is available to you now and after you have had the baby.

BillJones

ABetterLife wrote: »

My partner left me.

I expect things to be hard, hence why I'm working my butt off, but I still find it sad.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that, and hope that you find a way to a better life, but I don't think that it has ever been easy for a 20 year-old who is having a child alone.

ABetterLife

ukcarper wrote: »

I don't think there has ever been a time when someone in your position would have found it possible to buy especially in London. Have you looked to see what help there is available to you now and after you have had the baby.

Surely it would have been more possible then than now, though?

Limited to no help available now, but doing okay as I work alongside studying. After she's born there's CB and CTC to help alongside my maternity bursary.

Things are okay, but I feel trapped. Feels like everyone's fighting to get to the top and I'm near the bottom of the pile so I have to fight twice as hard.

Nothing's impossible, though. All possible with hard work :-)

ABetterLife

BillJones wrote: »

Well, I'm sorry to hear that, and hope that you find a way to a better life, but I don't think that it has ever been easy for a 20 year-old who is having a child alone.

Thanks.

I don't think it's ever been easy either, but I get the impression that things weren't as hard. For one, I believe that the council housing system wasn't as dire. I'm 'lucky' to have had got one, and I don't feel lucky at all.

ukcarper

ABetterLife wrote: »

Surely it would have been more possible then than now, though?

Limited to no help available now, but doing okay as I work alongside studying. After she's born there's CB and CTC to help alongside my maternity bursary.

Things are okay, but I feel trapped. Feels like everyone's fighting to get to the top and I'm near the bottom of the pile so I have to fight twice as hard.

Nothing's impossible, though. All possible with hard work :-)

In London I don't think it ever been possible you have always needed to earn good money to buy in London. I couldn't in the 70s and I was in a much better position than you now find yourself in. Will you not be entitled to LHA(housing benefit) or does your position as a student restrict that.


The council house position was better in the 70s but it wasn't as easy to get a house as people seem to think and the situation has got progressively worse since then.

ABetterLife

ukcarper wrote: »

In London I don't think it ever been possible you have always needed to earn good money to buy in London. I couldn't in the 70s and I was in a much better position than you now find yourself in. Will you not be entitled to LHA(housing benefit) or does your position as a student restrict that.

Hmm, interesting to know.

Possibly, but not until she's born. Even then, it's likely they might tell me I'm not entitled as they might consider me as 'earning too much'.

ABetterLife

ukcarper wrote: »

The council house position was better in the 70s but it wasn't as easy to get a house as people seem to think and the situation has got progressively worse since then.

Did it still depend on the council? My council is notoriously bad. Also, I'm only entitled to a 1 bedroom and apparently my daughter and I can share until she's 10 years old, yet I know people from other councils who were permitted to bid for a 2 bedroom if they were pregnant.