Accepted onto the housing register but won't be able to bid

Tskay

Last month I've decided to apply to join the Newham housing register and after 28 days of no update on my application, I have decided to phone them to find out what's going on. They told me that I would receive a bidding number the following day and if I don't receive it by then for whatever reason, I should contact Newham Council again the day after. After waiting the following day, I did not receive my bidding number as I didn't even receive an email on that day so I did what they asked me which was to phone them the next day. I phoned them the next day and they have finally managed to give me a bidding number with the email. I decided to login using my bidding number but it won't let even let me on. They've also told me that my application is appearing dormant at the moment because I am sufficiently / adequately housed so I won't even be able to bid using my bidding number unless my circumstances chance. I live in a 3-bed private property with 3 children and myself.

Dave_606

So have you been given notice to quit your current property or more fancy moving from private to social housing?.

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I couldn't bid until it was decided I was homeless, given a priority, and could bid accordingly. Just because you register, it doesn't mean you can bid for housing, quite often you have to demonstrate a housing need.

Yalpsmol

Why do you need to move?

00ec25

Tskay wrote: »

I won't even be able to bid using my bidding number unless my circumstances chance. I live in a 3-bed private property with 3 children and myself.

you may think you need / be entitled to council housing but clearly the council do not, since they see you as already adequately housed.

it is not rocket science why you cannot bid. Your council has decided that others have higher priority than you.

Dave_606

Bearing in mind we don't yet know the op's circumstances, she may be serving a notice period on her private tenancy or does not want to renew it if the rent is above the local LHA. Weather she simply fancies a move to social housing, her current tenancy coming to an end or if the current rent is above the LHA would all impact on the matter I'd have thought.

Where I live i think anyone can register on the local property pool, individual circumstances simply dictate a bidder band rating and thus the chances of gaining a particular property. Though our area also has an "available now" selection of properties that are available to anyone on any band rating.

Tskay

Dave_606 wrote: »

Bearing in mind we don't yet know the op's circumstances, she may be serving a notice period on her private tenancy or does not want to renew it if the rent is above the local LHA. Weather she simply fancies a move to social housing, her current tenancy coming to an end or if the current rent is above the LHA would all impact on the matter I'd have thought.

Where I live i think anyone can register on the local property pool, individual circumstances simply dictate a bidder band rating and thus the chances of gaining a particular property. Though our area also has an "available now" selection of properties that are available to anyone on any band rating.

Yes, the rent is above the local LHA. Plus when I checked LHA bedroom calculator, based on the information I gave them my Local Housing Allowance bedroom entitlement is 4 bedrooms but I live in a 3-bed property.

LadyDee

Tskay wrote: »

Yes, the rent is above the local LHA. Plus when I checked LHA bedroom calculator, based on the information I gave them my Local Housing Allowance bedroom entitlement is 4 bedrooms but I live in a 3-bed property.

How old and what sex are the 3 children?

Dave_606

LadyDee wrote: »

How old and what sex are the 3 children?

I was about to ask the same as struggling to see under what circumstances a parent with 3 children would require 4 bedrooms?. The only circumstances I can see is 2 older children, boy & girl & then a very young child. Though uncertain if a very young child would be entitled to their own bedroom?.

But if so, there may well reach a point where they youngest child reaches a certain age where they wouldn't be entitled to there own bedroom and then the bedroom tax would come into play and back to square 1. But as it stands now surely there is 2 qualifying criteria, 1- can't afford current property as rent is above the LHA & 2- if the councils assessment for requiring 4 bedrooms (1 for each child?) is correct then an overcrowding (if not suitability) issues come into play.

LadyDee

I doubt in any event that there is a glut of 4-bedroom council houses in any area. You might have more than 28 days to wait, and the children will probably have grown up and left home by the time one becomes available, if your need and entitlement (love that word!) is less than somebody else's you might never be in a position to bid.

unforeseen

Not overcrowded according to Shelter

Any room you can sleep in counts, not just bedrooms. Living room, dining rooms and studies count as rooms you can sleep in.