Coucil housing - do you get priority if you have a MH disability

teddysmum

Londonsu wrote: »

I am happy to be corrected, I wasn't aware as people I know who do have one don't seem to have had problems.

I don't know about poodles, but many cavaliers develop signs of MVD around 5 or 6 years old. It is a hidden disease until the vet does a health check. I lost one aged 9, because of it and a friend's poodle was of similar age. My last one was 14 (his condition was mild) and one of my present boys has had it since 6, but has no symptoms, so far. The other is 'heart clear'; very rare in the breed.


Usually the first symptom is a harsh cough; another is breathlessness.

theartfullodger

norman1992 wrote: »

Coucil housing - do you get priority if you have a MH disability


Hi

I'm looking to make an application with my local council to get my name on the housing list. I'm 24 and currently live with my Mum in her house. I have learning difficulties and Bipolar and see a CPN. I have no problems living with my Mum but desperately want a dog but my Mum is allergic to them so I want to more out. I get ESA and PIP. Will that give me priority banding on a council flat/house/bedsit? How long will I expect to wait to be rehoused? I have full support from my CPN and the LD team.

Nobody seems to have answered the question.

The answer is, read your council's (the one you want to house you) "housing allocation policy". Each council has it's own, they are different. e.g.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/housing-and-tenants/housing-needs/register-for-housing/

Until you read the policy for the area you want to live, you won't know....

The overall, general, process is here..
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/applying_for_social_housing/who_gets_priority

Which says re physical & mental health

Priority if you have a medical condition

You may get some preference if anyone in your household has physical or mental health problems that are made worse by where you live or mobility problems that make it difficult to get around your home.


When you apply for council housing, give as much information as possible about your health problems. Tell the council how your health problems are affected by where you live. Explain the difficulties the medical condition or disability causes. Include details of any doctor, health worker or social worker who can support your application...

And before someone says you can only apply where you live, no, you can apply pretty much anywhere, but applying from outside area often gets lower priority. e.g. for link above,

The Housing Needs Register is open to all people who wish to live in the Wokingham Borough.

£5 (to an agreed housing charity) if anyone can find any council in UK that gives extra points or priority if you want to have a dog.

In case anyone is interested, I'd like a helicopter, but doubt my council will assist in finding me a home suitable for it.

GwylimT

Tommo1980 wrote: »

The quality of meals and portion sizes will vary between prisons. I was merely passing on an opinion of the food in one particular institution, in comparison to others that my friend has experienced.

Glen Starva I believe the place was nicknamed amongst inmates.

Tom

Starvo Parvo! Its being closed down.

Jackieboy

theartfullodger wrote: »

Nobody seems to have answered the question.

The answer is, read your council's (the one you want to house you) "housing allocation policy". Each council has it's own, they are different. e.g.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/housing-and-tenants/housing-needs/register-for-housing/

Until you read the policy for the area you want to live, you won't know....

The overall, general, process is here..
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/applying_for_social_housing/who_gets_priority

Which says re physical & mental healthAnd before someone says you can only apply where you live, no, you can apply pretty much anywhere, but applying from outside area often gets lower priority. e.g. for link above,


£5 (to an agreed housing charity) if anyone can find any council in UK that gives extra points or priority if you want to have a dog.

In case anyone is interested, I'd like a helicopter, but doubt my council will assist in finding me a home suitable for it.

I believe that this changed a few years ago and now many LAs will only allow you to be on the waiting list if you have a local connection, even removing people already on the list who didn't fit the criteria.

"An exclusive Inside Housing survey reveals 159 English councils have struck 237,793 people off their waiting lists and barred a further 42,994 new applicants since the Localism Act came into effect in June 2012. Ninety councils, or 57% of respondents, have introduced a requirement that applicants have a connection to the local area."

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/applicants-barred-by-local-connection-rules/7014327.article

This was based on statutory guidance.

"The Secretary of State believes that including a residency
requirement is appropriate and strongly encourages all housing
authorities to adopt such an approach. The Secretary of State
believes that a reasonable period of residency would be at least two
years."

GwylimT

Certain issues can lead to a higher priority.

When my wife became disabled she was given priority over wheelchair accessible council properties, it took six months for the first property offer which was accessed by stairs...another four months for property number two a flat on the first floor and no lift, but they did say they could carry her up on move in day and she could stay there...number three was also accessed by stairs, as we had 'refused' three properties we were put to the back of the queue.

Our NHS trust who were having to pay for her place in a rehab unit needlessly by this stage threatened legal action against the council, a fully accessible bungalow (that had it turns out been available for ten weeks) was found within six hours!

Murphybear

rockingbilly wrote: »

That's even worse from a hospital inpatient's point of view.

I do actually believe the hospital figure after spending 7 weeks in one and refusing to eat the crap they served up. Breakfast was dry, stale bread (2 slices) with no butter. cereal (non branded and stale) along with watered down milk - no sugar.
I can't describe what supper was as it was indescribable.
Over the 7 weeks I lost 3 stone in weight!!!

Prisons with double the budget would have been like heaven by comparison.

Hospital food varies a lot. In our local teaching hospital bread was fresh or you could have toast and you got proper butter and jam/marmalade. Cereal was branded as well as it began with a K:D. They served up apple crumble and custard one day, it was very tasty. (Sorry that was for pudding, not breakfast;))

I would gladly have contributed towards the cost of better food in hospital as I would have to buy my own anyway, I don't expect to get it for free, but that's another debate.