Hi All,

I'm new to this so if it ends up in the wrong place, apologies!
Anyway, I live in a tiny 2 bed house which I rent from my local housing association. I have 2 teenagers in a tiny box room and myself and my partner in an average sized room (our bed doesn't fit in the small room). The children are getting older and outgrowing their bunk beds but, we can't fit 2 single beds and wardrobes etc in their room. We have to have our younger child's belongings in our room because it doesn't fit in their room so it's just a nightmare for storage and inevitably, it's incredibly cluttered. Our upstairs looks like an episode of hoarders. We really could do with a bigger house, there's no privacy for the children and there are huge bust ups daily. We've tried getting rid of stuff and clever storage but it doesn't solve the problem. Homeswapper is useless, i had one couple interested who lived alone in a 3 bed but, they thought that ours was too small for them because there was no where for their dining table or dishwasher to go.
We simply can't afford to save for a deposit although, we both work. My credit rating was ruined during my marriage many years ago when I discovered my ex husband hadn't been paying any of the bills and I got myself into debt whilst trying to pay it off (I was young, naive and mentally ill at the time!) so i'm now paying off my own debt! _
The point that i'm finally getting to is......can the housing association do anything to help me because all they say is "use homeswapper". Also, my partner does have a good credit score so can he get a grant to get a mortgage for a shared partnership house? We're hoping to have another baby but can't until we have a bigger house (he's not our children's biological father but, he's a fantastic Dad, I can't even put into words how amazing he is to us). Any advice would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance