toriaaaaTRASH

Ahh! The council are a joke! Your mum's alright with you living there untill you find a place though, yeah? Did they tell you how long you're going to be waiting?

Rachel16+Bump

yeh me mums okay with me staying here until i get a place like, il give her that. they said i could be witing up to 12 months, which i gotta say didnt make anyone hapy apart from me like haha

mummy&mase

Hun the council are crap they will try and force you into a hostel they did with me and i was down there every single day in tears as i was literally homeless on my friends couch!... Have you thought about going private rented,claim income support and they pay for your rent for you?..
Good luck i know how hard it is when your young and sometimes feels like your all on your own.. xx

Rachel16+Bump

i cant claim income support until me mum stops claiming for me and she isnt going to do it until next month because of the whole money issue. once i can claim for myself, how do i go about renting some were private??

mummy&mase

Look in the paper look for ads that say they take DHS or income support.. Give them a ring and talk to them about your circumstances.. theres quite a few landlords that only take people on income support on as its guarenteed rent.. So once your claiming for yourself thats the way to go about it.. thats what i ended up doing because council took flimming the piss wanted me to stay in the hostel for a year. xxx

Rachel16+Bump

Thank youuu i could cry yano, i have been ripping my hair out thinking about what am going to do, i havent got a clue! seriously though!
thats took a huge relief of me that!!!!
now all i need to do is search the papers, start claiming for myself and phone some up?
if it sounds so easy, is there a catch lol

toriaaaaTRASH

Wow, I can't beleive I didn't think of that! You can get some nice places doing it private too and income support have to pay it

mummy&mase

no catch hun.. The social have to pay for your rent once your claiming for yourself.. Its so much easier than waiting on the council...And if you wanted to get on the council later on well you have your house so your not in no rush just apply on the council waiting list and wait for anything to come up.. Where i am you bid on houses thats in your band priority if that makes sence, so thats all im doing.

Rachel16+Bump

thats what im doing but they put me in band f which is like one of the lowest of the lowest !

amy_tea

Its a hard situation though and i can understand you wanting to do the best for everything. There's nothing worse than staying somewhere you know you're not wanted. I would definately look at private ads in the local papers for landlords who accept DSS. Atleast then you can have a say in where you want to live.

The council will give you a place to live. I was in a similar situation when i was 16, i was homeless with no money. They had me have several interviews and offered to house me in a scruffy b&b where a lot of druggies lived. And they sent me to a homeless help place for a £5 food hamper. It's completely degrading and they did not give me the help or support i needed, it was one of the lowest times of my life.

My advice is to not go down the route of council housing unless you have to, its a very depressing and humiliating process and there are lots of technicalities involved. You mum will have to officially throw you out of your house. Wheras, if you find a DSS flat or house and apply for housing benefit to pay for it then at least you're in control of where you live.

I hope you manage to sort something soon hun, try not to get too stressed out. I hope your mum gives you the support you and your baby need