Just need to whinge

MammaCas

Hi Tigerfeet

Once you have put your claim in with last years earnings you can ring them up and advise about the wages drop - they will then calculate the correct payment. This happened with us.

HTH

MC xx

tigerfeet2006

MammaCas wrote: »

Hi Tigerfeet

Once you have put your claim in with last years earnings you can ring them up and advise about the wages drop - they will then calculate the correct payment. This happened with us.

HTH

MC xx

Cheers MammaCas your a legend

Homework

Strange thing to say but good luck, I hope the council think you are living in an overcrowded house that is not suitable for you to live in!

It's terrible that you have been waiting so long for this but hopefully this has started the ball rolling again for you.

tigerfeet2006

Thanks Homework that's much appreciated.

According to the Shelter website we are not overcrowded. Children under one don't count and children between 1 and 10 count as half. So we have 3 people living here. Oh! and a lounge can count as a bedroom!! That's all very well but you tell me that children don't have as much stuff as adults, if not more.

Homework

Hope you don't mind but I was talking to a friend about you last night. She reminded me about this:

Poverty, unsuitable and insecure housing, domestic violence, lone parenthood, and being a teenage parent can all disrupt a parent's ability to cope, and families under stress need extra support.

It's taken from the Barnardos website and she explained that she is eternally grateful to the work Barnardos did for her and her children. They supported her, visited and listened to her when she was stressed or upset or happy and made her feel as though she was able to keep going when it seemed they were never going to get housing. The kids were pleased when they (she) visited as she spent time talking and listening to them and she arranged transport to school for them as they had had to move out of the area. Everything was for supporting the family to keep the kids ok and healthy. They didn't take over or patronise.

She would never have gone to this charity but under an agreement the homeless unit suggest contact to any family looking for housing with children and really it it to make sure the children are not missing out in any way because of the family circumstances. They kept things going, including them in trips and visits etc to take their minds off things and made a huge difference even after they got a house by still visiting and making sure everything was ok and helping where she needed it. They also told her to contact them at any time if she needs them again. Most of all they listened, understood, took action where appropriate and never made them feel that they were stuck or useless.

It was also someone else fighting her corner. They brought in an advocacy group to help her and various other things.

Just another suggestion, I hope it helps someone if not yourself.

betterlatethannever

Good post Homework.
Tiger, i don't know if you'll dismiss this idea, but have you thought about getting away from the HA and renting privately?
OK it will be more expensive, but with HB you may not to be too worse off.
I really think you need to consider your health and that of you family. I lived in a place that was really damp and my clothes stunk, things had to be thrown away because of the mould. I had to wash twice as often, things such as bedding and run an electric de-humidifier (which was brilliant, by the way, they DO work) all day and night. So there was an extra cost.
I know this would take you away from the HA, but they could yet house you somewhere worse!
At least with private rental, your more in control of where you live and what the place is like, maybe a little garden, central heating etc (arhh the luxury when you've been in a flat!)

I understand that there are the whole BR and renting issues, but it seems that most people aren't haveing probelms lately.
Anyway just a thought.
Also, everytime you or the kids so much as cough, whip them to the docs, it would then give you more of a case and the doc may get so fed up with you always being there, they may be able to help you more.
Good luck x

tallyhoh

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Thanks Claire,

We have had the Doctor, my occupational therepist, a couple of town councilors, our local MP and MEP all write to them about our situation. There is certain protocol they have to follow and they are doing so.

Our HA holds the list for the area unfortunatly. If I wanted to go to a village I would stand a slightly better chance. I am not allowed to drive medically.

Apparantly there is a rolling programme to replace the heating over the next 5 years and we are not going to have it done for a few years yet :rolleyes:

The girl I was talking to said that basically they are waiting for old dears to pop their clogs so they can move families in.

I cleaned out under the boys beds yesterday, they are on the oppisite wall to the window and the smell of damp under there was horrible
.

While I have some sympathy with you, what the girl said is correct. The houses are full of elderly people who's families have grown up & moved out. They cant force them to move to other accommodation & the houses. with young families in them aint going nowhere.
There is no way of knowing whether accommodation with one more bedroom (which you are asking for) will solve your problems with condensation & heating bills, it may be worse.

Perhaps looking in alternative areas might help.

PasturesNew

With a private rental you can be kicked out at quite short notice... there are many on here that have moved 8 times in as many years.

With HA you have a house for life.

I'd stay where I was and sit it out.

tigerfeet2006

Homework wrote: »

Hope you don't mind but I was talking to a friend about you last night. She reminded me about this:

Poverty, unsuitable and insecure housing, domestic violence, lone parenthood, and being a teenage parent can all disrupt a parent's ability to cope, and families under stress need extra support.

It's taken from the Barnardos website and she explained that she is eternally grateful to the work Barnardos did for her and her children. They supported her, visited and listened to her when she was stressed or upset or happy and made her feel as though she was able to keep going when it seemed they were never going to get housing. The kids were pleased when they (she) visited as she spent time talking and listening to them and she arranged transport to school for them as they had had to move out of the area. Everything was for supporting the family to keep the kids ok and healthy. They didn't take over or patronise.

She would never have gone to this charity but under an agreement the homeless unit suggest contact to any family looking for housing with children and really it it to make sure the children are not missing out in any way because of the family circumstances. They kept things going, including them in trips and visits etc to take their minds off things and made a huge difference even after they got a house by still visiting and making sure everything was ok and helping where she needed it. They also told her to contact them at any time if she needs them again. Most of all they listened, understood, took action where appropriate and never made them feel that they were stuck or useless.

It was also someone else fighting her corner. They brought in an advocacy group to help her and various other things.

Just another suggestion, I hope it helps someone if not yourself.

Thank you for your wonderful post Homework. I will look into Barnado's next week and see if they can offer any help. I never in a hundred years would have thought of them.

tigerfeet2006

betterlatethannever wrote: »

Good post Homework.
Tiger, i don't know if you'll dismiss this idea, but have you thought about getting away from the HA and renting privately?
OK it will be more expensive, but with HB you may not to be too worse off.
I really think you need to consider your health and that of you family. I lived in a place that was really damp and my clothes stunk, things had to be thrown away because of the mould. I had to wash twice as often, things such as bedding and run an electric de-humidifier (which was brilliant, by the way, they DO work) all day and night. So there was an extra cost.
I know this would take you away from the HA, but they could yet house you somewhere worse!
At least with private rental, your more in control of where you live and what the place is like, maybe a little garden, central heating etc (arhh the luxury when you've been in a flat!)

I understand that there are the whole BR and renting issues, but it seems that most people aren't haveing probelms lately.
Anyway just a thought.
Also, everytime you or the kids so much as cough, whip them to the docs, it would then give you more of a case and the doc may get so fed up with you always being there, they may be able to help you more.
Good luck x

Hi BLTN, we have thought about renting privatly but the tenancey is not secured. Now we have a HA house there is little that can be done to remove us. In fact that is why we have a shortage, because of the old people staying put as well as people buying their properties.

Private rents round here go for about £900 a month and we would be paying around £300 a month with the HA, the diffrence is to much. Especially as DH has taken nearly £300 paycut even with benefits.

Definatly agree with trips to the Doc though.