Notice from Parents to Support Council Housing Application

sophtori

Hello

We are currently in the process of applying for council housing for myself, my partner and our child due on the 10th of June.

We have recently been told by my partners parents that they would like us gone from their home no later than September.

In the application it requests us to attach any correspondence we have relating to being asked to leave the property.

Does anybody know what information we need to include in a notice from parents? Do we simply include the basics (Date of eviction, who will be evicted and where from) or do we need to give more information of why they are asking us to leave?

Thank you so much in advance,
Sophie.

HampshireH

You can include all of that but dont hold your breath for housing by september.

Assume at least one of you are working & that having been living at home you had been wisely putting money aside for a future deposit/ home of your own (rental or owned).

Your best bet is to start looking for a private rental. Social housing doesnt just come up because you have a baby & the parent's don't want to cater for a newborn.

There will be many others ahead of you prioritiy wise unless you are in an area with a lot of excess housing & low demand.

They will need to actually serve you with notice to leave.

oystercatcher

Someone I know in a similar position, living in a very overcrowded house with disabled adults, finally got a nice newbuild flat when the 'baby' was 3 1/2 , partner had vanished in the meantime !

Most councils will expect you to rent privately.

sophtori

Thank you for your reply.

Yes we have been saving as much as possible from his wage and any other money we can during living at home whilst also paying to live there, we have also looked to private rent on several properties however as the option of council housing/housing association housing is there we didn't see the harm in putting in an application to cover all bases.

We just needed to know what to include as evidence we had been asked to leave by my partners parents.

Thank you again for your help.

sophtori

Thank you

Yes I have a friend who also had to wait a long while for housing with a baby, we just wanted to get an application in now that we have a more firm deadline to cover all bases whilst continuing to look for a property privately.

Was just wondering what needed to be included as evidence for being asked to leave where we currently are by parents.

Thank you again!

babyblade41

You fan give every bit of evidence but in my neck of the woods the waiting list between 4 and 5 years in worse situations.

Save as much as poss and go private

Cakeguts

Unless you are in an area where there is plenty of council housing or housing association property standing vacant expect to wait several years for a home even with notice that your parents have evicted you.



Go into private renting you will get that much sooner than council.

oystercatcher

sophtori wrote: »

Thank you

Yes I have a friend who also had to wait a long while for housing with a baby, we just wanted to get an application in now that we have a more firm deadline to cover all bases whilst continuing to look for a property privately.

Was just wondering what needed to be included as evidence for being asked to leave where we currently are by parents.

Thank you again!

I am not an expert at all but I remember a documentary on homelessness where they interviewed both the 'homeless' young people and their families and try and resolve any problems to keep them together because there simply wasn't any spare housing in that area (London based) so present all the evidence you have but be prepared for interviews of all concerned and people trying to bend your will. They won't just give away a council property.

It may be a case of you all turning up at the council offices and sitting there with your bags only to be booked into a hotel for the next few weeks before they can find you a grotty one roomed place . Nice eh ? NOT

unforeseen

HampshireH wrote: »

They will need to actually serve you with notice to leave.

Notice has already been given. They have been told they need to be out by end of September.

Owain_Moneysaver

sophtori wrote: »

Does anybody know what information we need to include in a notice from parents? Do we simply include the basics (Date of eviction, who will be evicted and where from) or do we need to give more information of why they are asking us to leave?

It may help your case if your parents can show why it is unreasonable or impossible for you to continue living there. Just wanting you to leave is not going to carry much weight.

Examples might be overcrowding if you are in a bedroom that is too small for you and your child, or parents have health conditions that mean they need eg their own bathroom which they do not have whilst you are living there.

An eviction notice on its own is not evidence of homelessness. Your parents will have to follow the eviction process through and you will have to remain in the property until you are physically evicted by bailiffs. Any earlier departure is likely to be considered as making yourself intentionally homeless.

sophtori

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

It may help your case if your parents can show why it is unreasonable or impossible for you to continue living there. Just wanting you to leave is not going to carry much weight.

Examples might be overcrowding if you are in a bedroom that is too small for you and your child, or parents have health conditions that mean they need eg their own bathroom which they do not have whilst you are living there.

An eviction notice on its own is not evidence of homelessness. Your parents will have to follow the eviction process through and you will have to remain in the property until you are physically evicted by bailiffs. Any earlier departure is likely to be considered as making yourself intentionally homeless.

Thank you very much!

Yes there are several reasons, we are living in the attic room which is very small just for the two of us without our baby being here yet, we have 3 other adults also living in the home making 5 of us plus a newborn with one bathroom and sharing all other facilities too. They also have another son who has additional needs so this adds another adult when he is staying at home who also could do with not being around a newborn nor losing his own space because of this. On top of this my partner and his parents have started to majorly clash and this has prompted the actual deadline of September which I can assure you they will follow through with.

I am by no means saying we are in one of the worst situations at all but there is reason for them deciding it would not work. We are lucky enough to be in a position to be able to hopefully sort a privately rented property however maybe its the pregnancy worry but I just want to have made the most of every possible channel.

Thank you again for your help, I am not at all expecting special treatment or anything to be handed to us but just to be able to submit an accurate application with as much supporting evidence as would help.