local housing authority / social housing questions ?

Bananas123

thankyou!!!.

i am finding it very hard to reference any leeway for illness; do you know if they still put you in tower blocks etc if you are ill ? / on ESA > i have IBD, need to do alot of cooking at night etc, mushed diet >

would be !!!!ing off the whole block etc, with pressure cooked food/mush, not always up in the day as get very tired.

also waiting to see mental health specialist, social anxiety blah blah blah >

would it still be the tower block ?.... probably ?

thanks!

Lioness_Twinkletoes

Bananas123 wrote: »

thankyou!!!.

i am finding it very hard to reference any leeway for illness; do you know if they still put you in tower blocks etc if you are ill ? / on ESA > i have IBD, need to do alot of cooking at night etc, mushed diet >

would be !!!!ing off the whole block etc, with pressure cooked food/mush, not always up in the day as get very tired.

also waiting to see mental health specialist, social anxiety blah blah blah >

would it still be the tower block ?.... probably ?

thanks!

Yes. Having an illness that requires mushy food doesn't mean you cannot be housed in a high rise - and that's where most of the one beds are. Not all, but most.

If you were in a wheelchair or unable to physically manage the stairs and lifts then you might be offered a ground floor home.

Don't forget with choice based lettings you can ignore the high rises and simply not bid on them, but you'll be severely limiting your choices.

Ames

Most (all?) authorities don't 'put' people anywhere. They use a choice based lettings system. You go on the list and are allowed to bid for properties each week - in Leeds it's up to three. The properties generally go to whoever had the highest priority.

It took me about a year to move from my old council flat to the one I'm in now. I was in the highest priority band, and even so I knew I had no chance of 'nice' properties. I'm in a really nice flat in a really crap area. The previous tenants were addicts and before I got it it was a crack house.

Also bear in mind that the more desirable properties tend to have age restrictions - there were loads of places I'd have liked to apply for but they only accepted over 40s. The nicer areas said you had to have a local connection, and even having my GP surgery in that area wasn't enough of a connection to be allowed to bid.

When you're planning finances don't forget you'll have to pay to redecorate if the flat needs it, and pay for carpets.

If you look on your council's website you'll be able to find where they advertise properties that are available. That'll give you an idea of what's out there, and who is getting properties. On the Leeds website it lists what priority the successful bidder had, and how long they'd been on the waiting list so your council should do something similar.

Bananas123

thanks!.

i think i am going to look privately, considering.

it seems if you don't mind moving, you can get a privately rented much much much nicer (even with garden) for comparitive to the council (> although as said by people, there only seems to be 2 bed high-rise flats / over 50's bungalows).

is there any drawbacks that anybody can think of ?, bar having to pay more and for moving etc etc ?, having considered the tenanancy is not as secure, renting privately ?

baring in mind i am eligible for "shared accomadation" rate ?

it seems of GREAT benefit, if you are prepared to move miles away for cheap rent ?; is it really that simple ?

thanks for all help,

Lioness_Twinkletoes

The biggest downside is that you'll have to top up your own rent.

SnooksNJ

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

Yes. Having an illness that requires mushy food doesn't mean you cannot be housed in a high rise - and that's where most of the one beds are. Not all, but most.

If you were in a wheelchair or unable to physically manage the stairs and lifts then you might be offered a ground floor home.

Don't forget with choice based lettings you can ignore the high rises and simply not bid on them, but you'll be severely limiting your choices.

I was hoping the answer was yes so I could put my name on the ST. Ives Council house list because I love Guacamole.

Well_excuse_me.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-41546544.html

NYM

It looks great but how can some people ever rent privately if this condition applies?

...Applicants must be in full time employment and free from CCJ'S and bad credit history. Applications in receipt of Benefits or the Bond Scheme will be automatically rejected.....

Bananas123

@snooks

...i was on about being antisocial cooking at night time ? in regard to living in close proximity to many people and that was a while ago, before asking about private renting :

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why post things with no help whatsoever, selecting little bits of the sentence from posts back ?

i am glad you enjoy guacamole, i hope you don;t get diagnosed with intestinal disease.....

Bananas123

you have to find one that accepts DSS, i know, which may be difficult, although they are out there i HOPE

but it's cheaper then some of my LHA's offerings, that i am not even eligable for...

1 bedroom towerblocks are £88 per week checking.

thanks