Council / Housing associates..

EmziixBo0o · Nov 20th, 2009, 20:49 PM

just wundering if any of you have out down on council or looking on going private?
neeed a bit of help with this tbh xx

Midnight_Fairy · Nov 21st, 2009, 05:03 AM

I put my name down on the council list march 2004. My boy was born august 2004 and I had to love with my parents, My ex and I rented privatly in March 2005 but we broke up and I moved back in wth parents in May 2005 lol. I then went to council and said itw as urgent as we were over crowded at my mums, in October 2005 I was finally given a crappy 2 bed flat but it was better than nothing. My and my ex got back together and I was pregnant with my daughter. We finally got a 3 bedroom house in March 2007.

Our council is done by date but some are done by bidding/points so it is worth looking into and putting your name down asap if needs be as it could take a while x

jenny_wren · Nov 21st, 2009, 05:27 AM

we never had any luck getting a council place
so we went privately

our council do a scheme called 'rent in advance'
where they lend you the deposit and the first months
rent obviously you have to pay them back for
the rent which for us is £32 a month and they get
their deposit back when you leave ...

our council were quite helpful in finding us a
place and getting us in here pretty quickly
just the benefits they seem to mess up

but yea its well worth having a chat to them
putting your name on the housing register just in case
and seeing what else they can do for you

i found bugging them helps too

xxx

Mummy.To.Be · Nov 21st, 2009, 07:15 AM

Hmm... I've been registered to the council housing and they've said that I might need
to wait until LO is 18 months old!!!

. . . so I've gone private and moving in just after LO is born

Seems that going private is the quickest way around getting accomodation
at the mo babe!

x

Becyboo__x · Nov 21st, 2009, 12:29 PM

Im same Emzii i was looking into council house and stuff i filled out the forms for it and everything but not sent it off cause i just think ill end up living in a horrible place with a newborn baby if i get one that quick which i doubt .. i dont know anything about private renting but that sound best thing to do tbh. xx

jay.92 · Nov 21st, 2009, 12:46 PM

Im on the housing list, waiting for somewhere you bid down here but you need loads and loads of points!.

Im currently renting a 1 bed flat we had to come up with the 1st months rent and deposit and now housing benefit pays our rent every month. We are moving to a bigger flat or house by the 13th december but the council are paying for it all I dont know how we done that or why they are doing it but Im not going to complain!.

EmziixBo0o · Nov 21st, 2009, 13:02 PM

here they pay up 2 a certain amount.. so ur best 2 keep in that price range.. if u go over u have to pay that urself..
thankz girls..
but can they let me go private straight away?x

jay.92 · Nov 21st, 2009, 13:13 PM

yeah they pay upto £595 in my area which is really good

!

you can go straight into privatly renting if you have the money, but if you under 18 someone has to hold the tenency my grandad currently holds mine but now my oh is 18 hes taking over

EmziixBo0o · Nov 21st, 2009, 14:15 PM

awh ye.. im 18 so it will all be okay wont it x

newbie · Nov 21st, 2009, 14:34 PM

Hi girls, I'm not a teen mum anymore (was 16 when I had my first!) But just wanted to say me and my DH went on the housing list when I got pregnant and am still waiting for a house (5years later) We went private but the council pay. Obviously each area differs vastly, but know quite a bit about how it all works now (I think) as have been dealing with it so long. My DH has just qualified though so hoping to be supporting ourselves very shortly. Any questions and I will do my best!!xxx

Nov 20th, 2009, 20:49 PM	#1
EmziixBo0o Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,926	Council / Housing associates.. just wundering if any of you have out down on council or looking on going private? neeed a bit of help with this tbh xx

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Nov 21st, 2009, 05:03 AM	#2
Midnight_Fairy Other BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 17,320	I put my name down on the council list march 2004. My boy was born august 2004 and I had to love with my parents, My ex and I rented privatly in March 2005 but we broke up and I moved back in wth parents in May 2005 lol. I then went to council and said itw as urgent as we were over crowded at my mums, in October 2005 I was finally given a crappy 2 bed flat but it was better than nothing. My and my ex got back together and I was pregnant with my daughter. We finally got a 3 bedroom house in March 2007. Our council is done by date but some are done by bidding/points so it is worth looking into and putting your name down asap if needs be as it could take a while x

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Nov 21st, 2009, 05:27 AM	#3
jenny_wren Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: farnborough, hampshire Posts: 17,005	we never had any luck getting a council place so we went privately our council do a scheme called 'rent in advance' where they lend you the deposit and the first months rent obviously you have to pay them back for the rent which for us is £32 a month and they get their deposit back when you leave ... our council were quite helpful in finding us a place and getting us in here pretty quickly just the benefits they seem to mess up but yea its well worth having a chat to them putting your name on the housing register just in case and seeing what else they can do for you i found bugging them helps too xxx

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Nov 21st, 2009, 07:15 AM	#4
Mummy.To.Be Mum (Mom) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK, England, Peterborough Posts: 784	Hmm... I've been registered to the council housing and they've said that I might need to wait until LO is 18 months old!!! . . . so I've gone private and moving in just after LO is born Seems that going private is the quickest way around getting accomodation at the mo babe! x

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Nov 21st, 2009, 12:29 PM	#5
Becyboo__x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6,544	Im same Emzii i was looking into council house and stuff i filled out the forms for it and everything but not sent it off cause i just think ill end up living in a horrible place with a newborn baby if i get one that quick which i doubt .. i dont know anything about private renting but that sound best thing to do tbh. xx

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Nov 21st, 2009, 12:46 PM	#6
jay.92 Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 289	Im on the housing list, waiting for somewhere you bid down here but you need loads and loads of points!. Im currently renting a 1 bed flat we had to come up with the 1st months rent and deposit and now housing benefit pays our rent every month. We are moving to a bigger flat or house by the 13th december but the council are paying for it all I dont know how we done that or why they are doing it but Im not going to complain!.

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Nov 21st, 2009, 13:02 PM	#7
EmziixBo0o Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,926	here they pay up 2 a certain amount.. so ur best 2 keep in that price range.. if u go over u have to pay that urself.. thankz girls.. but can they let me go private straight away?x

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Nov 21st, 2009, 13:13 PM	#8
jay.92 Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 289	yeah they pay upto £595 in my area which is really good ! you can go straight into privatly renting if you have the money, but if you under 18 someone has to hold the tenency my grandad currently holds mine but now my oh is 18 hes taking over

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Nov 21st, 2009, 14:15 PM	#9
EmziixBo0o Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,926	awh ye.. im 18 so it will all be okay wont it x

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Nov 21st, 2009, 14:34 PM	#10
newbie Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 340	Hi girls, I'm not a teen mum anymore (was 16 when I had my first!) But just wanted to say me and my DH went on the housing list when I got pregnant and am still waiting for a house (5years later) We went private but the council pay. Obviously each area differs vastly, but know quite a bit about how it all works now (I think) as have been dealing with it so long. My DH has just qualified though so hoping to be supporting ourselves very shortly. Any questions and I will do my best!!xxx

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