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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Kimberley wrote: »
    Then thats different if circumstances make them homeless and in need of a council house, but when your already in a small place and continue to have kids then thats your choice.

    A very narrow minded view.
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    A very narrow minded view.

    No it's not, If I were to have another or maybe another 2 kids with my already 3 kids, why should the council house me into a bigger house then I have now when It's my decision to have more kids?
  • Zara33
    Zara33 Posts: 5,441 Forumite
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    *sits back*

    Watch the fireworks explode in a minute :naughty::naughty:
    Hit the snitch button!
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    Zara33 wrote: »
    *sits back*

    Watch the fireworks explode in a minute :naughty::naughty:

    No they won't :D I have plenty of other things to do then argue with the computer ;)
  • Anthillmob
    Anthillmob Posts: 11,780 Forumite
    but the council, if youre in a council home, should rehouse you if you are a couple and have one child. its overcrowding.

    a neighbour has just been offered a 2 bed round the corner and she lives with her partner and 8 year old child. they only got a move after she got a psych report.

    thats outrageous imho. an 8 year old still sharing with her parents. is not right.
    There's someone in my head, but it's not me
  • Zara33
    Zara33 Posts: 5,441 Forumite
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    Kimberley wrote: »
    No they won't :D I have plenty of other things to do then argue with the computer ;)
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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    member #1 of the official warning clique.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    It is not always a choice to have children.

    If someone is raped, or even just becomes pregnant by accident (no contraception is 100%), if they have religious or moral objections to abortion, what do you suggest that they do? Things are not always as black and white as you make out.

    I do not believe that, when it comes to social housing, a claimant should expect each child to have their own room. I know of many families with mortgages whose children have to share, and it has not been to their detriment. However, your view of the situation is totally unrealistic, and does not take into account individual circumstances.
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    Anthillmob wrote: »
    but the council, if youre in a council home, should rehouse you if you are a couple and have one child. its overcrowding.

    a neighbour has just been offered a 2 bed round the corner and she lives with her partner and 8 year old child. they only got a move after she got a psych report.

    thats outrageous imho. an 8 year old still sharing with her parents. is not right.

    If your a couple in a 1 bedroom house then yes because the child needs his/her own room, but to have another child when room is tight is who's fault? Yours or the councils? Why not wait until you are rehomed into a bigger house? I know the waiting list is long but you cannot blame the council.

    You have a roof over your heads, some people have none and some live in a hostel, it's just as well you are not. You are not on the streets.

    Ant this is my opinion so keep it clean please :D
  • Anthillmob
    Anthillmob Posts: 11,780 Forumite
    this pregnancy wasnt planned but the baby is much wanted and will be much loved.

    is anyone suggesting i should have aborted because of our housing situation?
    There's someone in my head, but it's not me
  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    Zara33 wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    :silenced: see I argue with no one :D
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